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1. praefĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: Otho is s. over the province of Lusitania, Otho provinciae Lusitaniae praeficitur, Tac. A. 13, 46, fin.: he s. Datis over the fleet, Datim classi praefecit, Nep. Milt. 4, init.
2. impōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (denoting the imposition of a yoke from without): the Lacedaemonians s. thirty men over the conquered Athenians, Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere, Sall. C. 51, ad fin.: to s. a king over Macedonia, Macedoniae regem i., Liv. 40, 12, ad fin.
3. in pass. sense, praesum, fui, v. n. (constr. with dat. or absol.): one man is s. over all the Druids, omnibus Druidibus praeest unus, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, fin.: who had been s. over the fleet, qui classi praeerant, id. B. C. 3, 25, med.: to be s. over affairs in that province, in ea provincia p., Cic. Verr. 3, 77, 180.
1. praefĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: Otho is s. over the province of Lusitania, Otho provinciae Lusitaniae praeficitur, Tac. A. 13, 46, fin.: he s. Datis over the fleet, Datim classi praefecit, Nep. Milt. 4, init.
2. impōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (denoting the imposition of a yoke from without): the Lacedaemonians s. thirty men over the conquered Athenians, Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere, Sall. C. 51, ad fin.: to s. a king over Macedonia, Macedoniae regem i., Liv. 40, 12, ad fin.
3. in pass. sense, praesum, fui, v. n. (constr. with dat. or absol.): one man is s. over all the Druids, omnibus Druidibus praeest unus, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, fin.: who had been s. over the fleet, qui classi praeerant, id. B. C. 3, 25, med.: to be s. over affairs in that province, in ea provincia p., Cic. Verr. 3, 77, 180.