To set out: to shew: to publish and set abroade to the people: to purpose: to be adnised. To promise a price or rewarde for any notable act. Perfecta opera proponebat in pergula transeuntibus. Plin. He did hang out on a pole such workes as he had made, to be seene of them that passed by. Quod dicturus sis proponere. Cic. To propose. Digredi ab eo quod proposueris. Cic. To digresse from that you proposed. Quum huius vobis adolescentiam proposueritis, cõstituite vobis ante oculos huius etiam miseri senectutem. Cicer. Animo proponere. Liu. To conceiue, consider, or imagine in the minde. Quæ alijs præcipere soles, ea tute tibi subijce, atque apud animum tuum propone. Seruius Cicer. And consider in your own minde. Animis proponere. Liu. To conceiue in the mind: to imagin. ArgentÛ proponere. Ci. To set abroad a cupbourd of plate. Anctionem proponere. Quint. To set vp billes that hee will make open sale. Bona ciuium sibi ad prædam proponere. Ci. To appoynt the citizens goods as his pray or bootie. Causam belli gerendi sibi proponere. Cic. Conditionem alicui proponere. Cæs. To propose an offer or condition. Locus vbi edicta proponuntur. Cic. Ediscendum proponere. Cic. To set or oppose a thing to bee learned by hart. Eam speciem quæ semper cadem est, intuebitur, atque eam sibi proponet exemplar. Cic. He shall prefixe that before him as a paterne. Hoc propositum nobis sit exemplum. Quint Let this be the example or patterne set before vs to follow. In exemplum aliquid proponere. Qu. To take a thing for an example to follow. Exercitationem aliquam sibi proponere. Cic. To appoynte to himselfe a certaine excercise. Proposueram illud mihi extremum. Cic. I appointed that to be the last matter that I woulde speake. Sperandi sibi, eundÊ & bene dicendi finem proponunt. Cic. Quæcunque mihi fortuna proponetur, subeatur. Cic. What fortune soeuer shall happen vnto me. Proponere edicto fraudem alicuius rei. Cic. By proclamation to appoint a penaltie or forfeyt for doing of a thing. Hoc igitur tibi propone, amplitudinem animi, & quasi quãdam exaggerationem, &c. Cic. Therefore determine this with your selfe that noblenesse of stomacke, &c. Honorem geminum pugnæ proponere. Virg. Aliquem sibi ad imitandum proponere. Cic. To take one for a paterne, whose doings he will follow. Impunitatem proponere. Cicer. To giue men licence to do what they will without punishment: to publish that men shall escape without punishment whatsoener they doe. Propositi ex negotiatoribus Iudices. Cic. Appoynted. Legem in publicum proponere. Cic. To publish a lawe abroade vnto the people. Libellos in celeberrimis locis proponere. Ci. To set vp bils in places of most haunt. Qui magna sibi proponunt obscuris orti parentibus. Cice. They which being descÊded ofobscure parentage, do purpose or prefixe with thÊselues to enterprise great matters. Memoriam atque imaginem alicuius sibi proponere. Cice. Mercedem alicui proponere, Cic. To promise a rewarde to one. Proposuit sua in illos merita. Cæs. He reckned vp the good turnes or friendly pleasntes that he had done to them. Minas proponere. Cic. To threaten: to menace. Mortem omnibus natura proposuit. Cice. Nature hath appointed death to be the end of all. Morrem accrbam proponerc. Cice. To menace or threaten cruell death. Comprehende animo, & propone ante oculos, Deum nihil aliud in omni æternitate, &c. Cic. Ora alicuius oculis proponere. Ci. To imagine that he secth ones face. Ad versus Ennij se exercere, ant Gracchi orationem sibi proponere. Cic. Or to take Gracchns his stile for example to follow. Periculum ante oculos proponere. C. To consider diligently in the mind what danger he is in. Pœnam proponere improbis. Cic. Præmium proponere. Cæs. To offer or promise a rewarde. In publico epistolam proponere. Cicer. To set an epistle abroade in print to be commonly read. Perdifficilis & lubrica defÊsionis ratio mihi proponitur. C. Propone tibi duos reges, idque animo contemplare, quod oculis non potes. Cic. Rem in medio proponere. Ci. To open and declare the matter playnly. Sententiã alicuius proponere. Pli. To declare ones sentence. Signum pugnæ proponere. Liu. Spem proponere. Cæs. To put men in hope. Nulla spe proposita fore leuius aliquando. Cic. Hauing no hope at al that the matter in time to come would be more easle. Ad timorem aliquid alicui proponere. Cic. To menace a thing to one, to put him in feate. Vænale aliquid proponere. Cic. To set a thing abroad to be solde. Legati ad Cæsarem mittentur, qui voluntatem Senatus ei proponant. Cæ. Which may open and declare the senates will to him. Vtilitatem Reipub. sibi proponere. Cic. To consider and regard what shall be good and profitable for the common weale. Vectigalia proposita. Suet. Tributes proclaymed. Nobis propositum est, naturas rerÛ manifestas indicare. Plin. Our intent and purpose is. &c. Quum sit his propositum non perturbare animos, sed placare potius. Cic.

A purpose: an intent. Tenax propositi. Ouid. That will not be withdrane from his purpose. Peditus ad propositum. Ci. Graue propositum. Iuue. Aberro proposito, & proposito. Ci. I degresse or go from my purpose. Assequi propositum, Vide ASSEQOR. Auerti proposito. Liu. Conducit hoc proposito. Hora. Dcclinare proposito, Ci. Destituere propositum. Ouid. Nulla re deterreri proposito potest. Brutus Ciceroni. Egredi proposiro. Cic. Id multos proposito studendi fugat. Quint. That feareth many from minde and purpose to studie. Maledictio nihil habet propositi præter contumeliam. Cic. Tannting is to no purpose, or hath no other ende but reproche. Manere in proposito, Vide MANEO. Permanere in proposito. Cic. Pertinet ad propositum. Quint. Premere propositum suum. Ouid. To conceale and keepe close his purpose. Redire ad propositum. Ci. To returne to the purposed matter agayne. Reuerti ad propositum. Sen.

I. Lit.: proponere vexillum, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: pallentesque manus, sanguineumque caput, Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30: i puer et citus haec aliquā propone columnā, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23: aliquid venale, to expose for sale, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16: geminum pugnae proponit honorem, proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365: singulis diebus ediscendos fastos populo proposuit, Cic. Mur. 11, 25: legem in publicum, id. Agr. 2, 5, 13: in publico epistulam, id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88: vectigalia, to publish, publicly advertise, Suet. Calig. 41: oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs, Caes. B. G. 7, 14: ne quid volucre proponeretur, praeter, etc., should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, 139 (al. poneretur).—

II. Trop.

A. To set before the eyes, to propose mentally; to imagine, conceive: propone tibi duos reges, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40: aliquid sibi exemplar, id. Univ. 2: sibi aliquem ad imitandum, id. de Or. 2, 22, 93: vos ante oculos animosque vestros ... Apronii regnum proponite, id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, 58: eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros proponite, id. Sull. 26, 72: condicio supplicii in bello timiditati militis proposita, id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42: vim fortunae animo, Liv. 30, 30: spem libertatis, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15: nihil ad scribendum, id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—

B. To expose: omnibus telis fortunae proposita est vita nostra, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2: tabernis apertis proposita omnia in medio vidit, Liv. 6, 25, 9.—

C. To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish, etc. (cf.: indico, denuntio): ut proponat, quid dicturus sit, Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217: extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram, id. Fam. 15, 14, 6: contione habitā, rem gestam proponit, Caes. B. G. 5, 50: in exemplum proponere, Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de: de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes inter se, Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With object-clause: quod ante tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 17: cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur, were proposed, suggested, believed to be efficient, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—

D. To offer, propose as a reward: Xerxes praemium proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20: populo congiarium, militi donativum, Suet. Ner. 7.—

2. In a bad sense, to threaten, denounce: cui cum publicatio bonorum, exsilium, mors proponeretur, Cic. Planc. 41, 97: injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone, id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2: contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur, id. Att. 2, 19, 1: improbis poenam, id. Fin. 2, 17, 57: damnationem et mortem sibi proponat ante oculos, Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—

E. To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2: aenigma, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—

F. To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine: consecutus id, quod animo proposuerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset, I had not proposed it to myself, had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.: neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc., I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut: propositum est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut, the design is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—

G. To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—

2. To state the first premise of a syllogism: cum proponimus, Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—

H. To impose (post-class.): novam mihi propono dicendi legem, Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.

A. A plan, intention, design, resolution, purpose (class.): quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet, Caes. B. C. 3, 84: assequi, to attain, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22: est enim propositum, ut iratum efficiat judicem, id. Part. 4, 14: tenere, to keep to one's purpose, Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64: propositum peragere, Nep. Att. 22, 2: tenax propositi, Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24: reprehendendi habere, Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7: omne propositum operis a nobis destinati, Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—

B. The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—

2. An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.—

3. The main point, principal subject, theme: a proposito declinare aliquantulum, Cic. Or. 40, 137: egredi a proposito ornandi causā, id. Brut. 21, 82: a proposito aberrare, id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: redire ad propositum, id. de Or. 3, 53, 203: ad propositum revertamur, id. Off. 3, 9, 39: a proposito aversus, Liv. 2, 8, 8: propositum totius operis, Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8: vitae, Cels. 5, 26, 6: meum, Phaedr. 1, 5, 2: tuum, Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—

C. A way, manner, or course of life (poet. and post-Aug.): mutandum tibi propositum est et vitae genus, Phaedr. prol. 3, 15: vir proposito sanctissimus, Vell. 2, 2, 2.