To put vnder: to put into the place of an other: to set or suborne a fained thing in place of that is true. Sub cratim supponere. Plaut. Oua supponere gallinis, Varro. To set egges vnder, &c. Tauri supponunt colla iugis. Ouid. Colla supponere oneri. Ouid. Falcem supponere aristis. Virg To reape corne being ripe. Tumulo supponere aliquem. Ouid. To bury one. Humo supponere aliquem. Idem. Ouid. Pectora supponere fluminibus. Ouid. Supponere. Cic. To set, adde, or write vnder. Exemplum supponere epistolæ. Cic. To write the copie of a letter vnder. Subijcere & supponere rationem. Cic. Indicio alicuius supponere aliquid. Ouid. To submit a thing to ones indgement. Substituere & supponere aliquem. Cic. Criminibus illis pro rege se supponit reum. Cic. He taketh vpon him to aunswere for the faults layde to the Kyngs charge. Vicarium supponere Cic. To set another in his place. Alium in suppositi locum supponere. Cic. Supponere. Ter. To suborne: to counterfaite. Testamentum supponere. Cic. Falsum testamentum supponere. Cic.

I. Lit.

A. In gen.: anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4: (orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65: caput et stomachum supponere fontibus, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8: cervicem polo, Ov. F. 5, 180: colla oneri, id. R. Am. 171: tauros jugo, to yoke, id. M. 7, 118: olivam prelo, Col. 12, 49, 9: tectis agrestibus ignem, Ov. F. 4, 803: Massica caelo vina sereno, Hor. S. 2, 4, 51: agresti fano pecus, to place under, to drive under cover of, Ov. F. 4, 756: aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.), i. e. to bury, id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48: terrae dentes, i. e. to sow, id. M. 3, 102: falcem maturis aristis, to apply, Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492: incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso, hidden under, Hor. C. 2, 1, 8: his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque, i. e. under the earth, Lucr. 6, 543: nil ita sublime est ... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo, subjected, subject, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—

B. In partic.

1. To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo): meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6: aliquem in alicujus locum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, 72; 2, 5, 30, 78: in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes, Just. 7, 3, 6: se reum criminibus illis pro rege, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42: stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento, Suet. Vit. 5 fin.: operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—

2. To substitute falsely or fraudulently, to falsify, forge, counterfeit: (puella) herae meae supposita est parva, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so, puerum, puellam, id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. prol. 39; 5, 3, 3; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.: qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit, Cic. Clu. 44, 125: testamenta falsa supponere, id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so, testamenta, id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively, spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283: trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas, Juv. 1, 98.—

3. To place as a pledge, hypothecate, Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —

II. Trop.

A. In gen., to add, annex, subjoin (syn. subjungo): huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8: exemplum epistolae, id. Att. 8, 6, 3: rationem, id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —

B. In partic.

1. Pregn., to make subject, to subject, submit: aethera ingenio suo, Ov. F. 1, 306: me tibi supposui, Pers. 5, 36.—

2. To set beneath, to esteem less: Latio supposuisse Samon, Ov. F. 6, 48.