put upon

PUT UPON

[Vid: PUT ON IMPOSE] to put honor upon honore aliquem afficere; alicui honorem habere tribuere: to put all honor upon omni honore afficere ornare aliquem; summa observantia colere aliquem.

put upon (often = put on, q. v. but oftener there is a clear shade of difference)

I. Lit.:

1. impōno, 3: with dat.: striving to p. Pelion upon Olympus, tendentes Pelion imposuisse Olympo, Hor. Od. 3, 4, 52: cf. ib. 76, impositam Aetnam. (fig.) the burthens that are p. upon us, quaequomque imposta nobis pondera sunt, Lucr. 5, 544: with super of secondary obj.: cf. pedem super cervicem jacenti imposuit, Curt. 9, 7, fin.: super with acc. only (late): cf. impone manum tuam super eam et vivet, Vulg. Matt. ix. 18: absol. with adv. of position: cf. molemque et montes insuper altos imposuit, Virg. Aen. 1, 62.

2. superimpōno, 3: with acc.: cf. (of a pupil in writing) neque egebit adjutorio manum suam manu superimposita regentis, Quint. 1, 1, 27: absol., cum autem eam tabulam sic aptaveris, gravia pondera superimponito, Col. 12, 54.

3. superpōno, 3 (cf. TO PUT OVER): with dat., cf. superposuit Elisha manus suas manibus regis, Vulg. 4 Reg. xiii. 16: the Vulg. has also pono with super and acc.: cf. pone dexteram tuam super caput ejus, Gen. xlviii. 18: ponetis eas (dress and jewels) super filios et filias vestras, id. Ex. iii. 22: plectentes coronam de spinis, posuerunt super caput ejus, id. Matt. xxvii. 31 (imp. ei in Marc. xv. 17; imp. capiti ejus, Joh. xix. 2): ponunt candelam super candelabrum, id. Matt. v. 15.

4. appōno, 3: cf. gemmas toris app., Ov. Her. 9, 60.

5. superjăcĭo, 3: se rogo, Val. Max. 1, 8, 10.

6. addo, 3: with dat.: frena feris, Virg. Aen. 5, 818: with in and acc.: ne cui album in vestimentum addere petitionis liceret causa (to p. white upon his dress), Liv. 4, 25.

7. subdo, 3, with subj. of that upon which it is put: cf. aquae quae effervescunt subditis ignibus (when p. upon the fire, lit., the fire p. under), Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27.

8. infĕro, 3: to p. upon a horse, in equum inf., Caes. B. G. 6, 30.

II. Esp. of dress: to p. upon another:

1. indŭo, 3: she p. Esau's raiment upon Jacob, vestibus Esau induit eum, Vulg. Gen. xxvii. 15.

2. impono, 3: cf. PUT ON.

III. Hence fig. to invest a person with any character, etc.: gen. term, affĭcĭo, 3, with acc. and abl.: to p. honour upon a person or thing, honore aff. aliquem or rem, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 38: to p. no honour upon, nullis honoribus aff., Cic. Mil. 29, 80: other phrr.: honorem deferre in aliquem, id. Brut. 81, 281: aliquem praecipuo honore habere, Caes. B. G. 5, 54: alicui honorem reddere, Cic. R. A. 47, 136: (say) what honour shall be p. upon Neaera, quonam donetur honore N., Tib. 3, 1, 5: to have honour p. upon one, honorem accipere, Cic. Att. 9, 2, A cf. amplissimis honoribus decorari, id. de Or. 1, 54, 232. Join: gratia, dignitate, honore auctus, Caes. B. G. 1, 43. Contr., to p. dishonour or disgrace upon. dēdĕcŏro, 1: dĕhŏnesto, 1: v. TO DISGRACE; TO DISHONOUR: he p. so much the greater dishonour upon you than upon me, tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, Q. Metell. in Gell. 12, 9: to p. an insult or affront upon another, contumeliam alteri facere, Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 82: ei, Ter. Ph. 5, 7 (8), 79: c. jacere in aliquem, Cic. Sull. 7, fin.: alicui c. imponere, Sall. C. 48, fin.: on which you have p. the greatest outrages and insults, quibus tu injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti, Cic. Verr. 4, 9, 20: to have an insult p. upon one, contumeliam accipere, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: c. in se acc., Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1. To p. a value upon, aestĭmo, 1: a high value, magni and magno aest.: v. TO VALUE; TO ESTEEM. To p. a slight upon, nihilo, or minoris aest., nihili facĕre or pendĕre: v. TO SLIGHT; TO MAKE LIGHT OF: to p. contempt upon: v. CONTEMPT, TO DESPISE. Of a special endowment or favour: I have p. my Spirit upon him, dedi Spiritum meum super eum, Vulg. Is. xlii. 1: (the priests) shall p. my name upon the children of Israel, invocabuntque nomen meum super filios Israel, id. Num. vi. 27.

IV. As a task or terms, a burthen or infliction:

1. impōno, 3: with dat.: p. upon me what you please, quidvis oneris impone, Ter. And. 5, 3, 26: that which thou puttest upon me, I will bear, omne, quod imposueris mihi, feram, Vulg. 4 Reg. xviii. 14: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54, imposuistis (in) cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum: v. TO IMPOSE.

2. indūco, 3: v. BRING UPON. ind. super (p. upon) joined with pono in (bring on): cunctum languorem, quem posui in Aegypto non inducam super te, Vulg. Ex. xv. 26. With obj. of person; as "to p. them upon considering" (Locke), animum inducere, excitare, ad or in aliquid: v. TO DRIVE TO; TO INCITE; TO INDUCE; TO SET; TO URGE: to p. one upon a task, proponere alicui aliquid: v. TO PROPOSE; TO SET.

V. To pass off anything upon (as "to p. an undigested play upon the public," Dryden): cf. TO PASS OFF: esp. as a deception; and (without obj. of thing) to cheat.

1. impōno, 3: with dat. of person: v. TO IMPOSE UPON.

2. verba dare alicui: Pl. Aul. 1, 1, 23: Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 6: Cic. Phil. 13, 16, ad fin.: Hor. S. 1, 3, 22.

3. indūcĕre aliquem in: to p. an error upon one (Bacon), cf. inducere imperitos in errorem, Cic. Brut. 85, 293. Phr.: to p. upon one's trial: in judicium adducere, Cic. R. A. 10, 28: or, vocare, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, 34: to p. upon his country (in same sense), add. ad populum, id. Agr. 2, 36.