put back

put back:

I. To return a thing to its place:

1. rĕpōno, 3: with dat.: lapidem suo loco rep., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56: with in and abl., pecuniam in thesauris rep., Liv. 29, 18 also acc., pecuniam in thesauros, id. 29, 19.

2. rĕcondo, 3: v. TO PUT UP; TO REPLACE; TO RETURN.

II. To p. backwards:

1. rĕpōno: to p. back the hair, capillum rep., Quint. 8, prooem. 22.

2. retroăgo, 3: cf. capillos a fronte contra naturam ret., id. 11, 3, 160.

III. To make slow or late: tardo, 1 to p. back one's departure, profectionem t., Cic. Fam. 7, 5: comp. rĕtardo, 1; Plin. 21, 21, 89: v. TO RETARD.