I.to put after, postpone; to esteem less, to neglect. disregard (class., but not in Cic.; cf.: “post habeo, praetermitto): ut omnia postponere videretur,” Caes. B. G. 6, 3: omnia postposui, dummodo praeceptis patris parerem, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: “scorto postponere honestum Officium,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: postponere Hannibalem Alexandro Magno. Just. 30, 4, 9: “omnibus rebus postpositis,” laying every thing else aside, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2.
post-pōno , pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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