POS 
POS 
POS 
A. e. the raising and lowering of the hand or 
foot in beating time. -ir A '.so, in gram¬ 
mar, a termination. Quintil. —— IT Al¬ 
so, a -site, situation, position, posture. 
Sencc. corporis. Plin. signiferi. Id. 
labyrinth!. Quintil. loci. Tacit, cceli, 
h. e. clime. — Hence, figur. condition, 
state, situation. Senec. mentis, A. e. the 
state of mind. — Quintil. Positiones, It. e. 
circumstances. -Id. Positio syllaba:, A. c. 
the position of a short syllable, by which it 
becomes long, especially when two conso¬ 
nants come together; position. 
POSITIVES (pono), a, uni, adj. placed, 
3 put. Nigid. ap. Oell. Nomen positi- 
vum, h. e. a name given, not natural. 
Serv. Nomen positivum, A. c. of the 
positive degree. Macrob. Nomen posi¬ 
tivum, A. e. a substantive. 
P0SIT6R (Id.), oris, m. a builder, founder, 
3 $err/s. Ovid, templorum. 
POSITuRX (Id.), ffi, f. a posture, situation, 
position, disposition. Lucret. corporum. 
Oell. verborum. Prop. dei.-IT Al¬ 
so, interpunction, pointing between words 
or sentences. JDiomed. 
POSITtiS (Id.), us, m. a position, situa- 
2 tion, disposition. Ovid, urbis. Tacit. 
regionis. Also, of the hones. Cels. 
Also, of a sepulchre. Val. Flacc. 
POSITOS, a, urn. See Pono. 
POSSeSSIS (possideo), onis, f. a possess- 
ing, possession, Krijaig. Cic. fundi. Id. 
Esse in possessione bonorum. Id. In 
possessionem venire, or prolicisci. Id. 
Possessionem hereditatis alicui dare, 
eripere. Id. Mittere aliquem in pos¬ 
sessionem, A. c. to put in possession. 
Figur. Id. prudeutiie doctrinicque. 
Plane, in Cic. Ep. laud is.-IT Also, 
any thing possessed, a possession, proper¬ 
ty, particularly of immovables, an estate, 
Krfjpa. Cic. and J\Tep. -IT Also, for 
possessor, a possessor. Justin. Si ignis 
prima possessio rerum fuit, A. c. mun- 
duin prius possedit. 
POSSeSSIuNCOLX (diroin. of possessio), 
2 eb, f. a small possession, a small estate. Cic. 
POSSeSSIVOS (possideo), a, urn, adj. re- 
2 luting to possession, denoting possession, 
possessive, Krr\Tu<6s. Charis. noinina. 
Quintil. pronomina. Priscian. casus, 
A. c. the genitive. 
POSSESSOR (Id.), oris, m. a possessor, 
owner, proprietor, Kryrwp. Cic. bono- 
rum. Also, without a genit. Id. Si 
potes esse possessor. Lucan, regni in- 
ertis, h. e. Pluto. Cic. invidiifi aut 
pestilentiae, A. e. agri invidiosi aut pes- 
tilentis. — Figur. Petron. Aquilo pos¬ 
sessor Italici litoris.-IT Also, a de¬ 
fendant, person accused; as pelitor de¬ 
notes a plaintiff. Quintil. and Plin. Ep. 
POSSESSOR!OS (possessor), a, urn, adj. 
3 relating to possession. Pandect, actio. 
POSSESSOS (possideo), us, m. possession. 
3 Up ul. 
PoSSeSSOS, a, urn, particip. from possi¬ 
deo, or from possido. 
PGSSeSTRTX (possessor), Icis, f. she who 
2 possesses. Afran. 
PoSSIBILKS (possum), e, adj. possible, 
2 practicable, feasible, that may he or is 
likely to be effected, Swards. Quintil. and 
Pandect. 
PGSSIBILITaS (possibilis), atis, f. the 
3 power of doing any thing, possibility, pow¬ 
er. Arnob. 
POSSIDEO (po & sideo), es, edi, essum, 
a. 2 . to possess, have, hold, enjoy, own, be 
master of, uraopai, )tar£%(o. Immovable 
things. Cic. bona. Civs. partem agri. 
Also, absolutely, to have possessions, 
possess lands. Movable things. Plin. 
uniones. — Figur. to possess, leave as 
one’s own have. Plant, nomen. Cic. 
ingenium. Ovil. Possidet hunc dea 
diem.-IT Also, to occupy. Cic. fo¬ 
rum armatis. 
P5SSID5 (po & sido), is, edi, essum, a. 
3 . to possess one’s self of, take possession, 
of. Lucret. Aer possidat inane. Ovid. 
Humor ultima possedit. Cic. Bona sine 
testainento possederat. — So, also, Pos- 
sessus, a, um, taken into possession, pos¬ 
sessed. Cic. Agros Scipionum virtute 
possessos. Tacit. Possessa Achaia. 
POSSUM (potis & sum), potes, potest, 
potui, irreg. n. to be able, have power, 
Svvapai. With or without an infinit. 
Cic. facere. Id. Plus, quam potero. 
Plaut. Possum scire quo profectus ve¬ 
neris ? A. e. will you not tell me ? Potest, 
it ispossible. Cic. Potest ut fallar, A. e. 
I may be mistaken. Non potest fieri, ut 
non or quin, A. e. at all events it is neces¬ 
sary, it must by all means, &c. So, also, 
Non facere possum, ut non, &c. A. e. I 
cannot but, I must by all means, &c. Cic. 
Neque facere possum, ut non sim popu- 
laris. Id. Facere non possum, ut nihil 
dem literarum. Also, without facere. 
Plant. Non possum, quin exclamem, 
A. e. I cannot but exclaim. Non possum 
non, with an infinit. following, I must. 
Cic. Non potui non dare. Ovid. Nihil 
possum nescisse, h. e. I must have known 
it, I could not be ignorant of it, I cannot 
excuse myself on the plea of ignorance. 
Potest, absol. it is possible, it can happen 
or be. Cic. Nos dignitatem, ut potest, 
retinebimus. Id. Potest, ut coinmi- 
seris. Id. Qui potest ? A. e. how is 
it possible1 Id. Quia nihil aliter pos- 
sit. So, also, Plaut. Non potest, quin 
obsit. — Posse is sometimes used for 
velle with persons speaking elegantly. 
Cic. Rogo, ut possis. -if Also, to be 
able to do or effect, to have weight, influ¬ 
ence or efficacy. Cic. Plus potest apud 
te pecuni® cupiditas, A. e. has more 
weight. Cws. Multum potest fortuna. 
-IT Also, for oport.et, or debet. Cic. 
Orbis est conversus cit'ius, quam potuit, 
li. c. than it ought. But Ernesti reads 
oportuit. Liv. Fluctuatus est, utrum in 
regnum se reciperet an reverti in Thessa- 
liam posset, for reverteretur. -—— IT Tc- 
rent. Potesse, for posse. Plaut. Potes- 
sit, for possit. Id. and Cic. in Arat. 
Possiem, es, et, for possim, &c. Lucret. 
Potestur, fur potest, with an infinit. pass. 
following. So, also, Cato. Possltur.- 
IT Potcns is used adjectively. See Potens. 
POST (for ponst, from pone), adv. after, 
afterwards. Cic. Initio mea sponte, 
post autem invitatu tuo. Id. Paullo 
post, or, Cws. and Liv. Post paullo, 
A. e. soon afterwards. Multo post, or, 
post multo, long afterwards. Cic. Mul¬ 
to post quam aiscessisti. Hep. Neque 
ita multo post. Id. Post non multo. 
Cic. Aliquanto post, or post aliquanto, 
A. e. some considerable time after. Plaut. 
Multis annis post, or, Cic. Multis post 
annis, A. e. many years after. Id. Anno 
post, A. e. a year after, in the following 
year. Id. Biennio post. Plaut. Paucis 
diebus post, or, Liv. Post paucis diebus, 
or, Cic. Paucis post diebus, quam dis- 
cesserat, li. e. a few days after. Id. Ho- 
ra post, A. e. an hour after. Virg. Lon- 
go post tempore. — It is frequently fol¬ 
lowed by quam. Cic. Post quam, or, 
postquam, A. e. after that, or after. — 
It is also pleonastically joined with 
deinde, or indc. Terent. Post deinde, or, 
Hep. Deinde post, or, Lucret. Post de¬ 
inde. — It denotes, also, behind. Cic. 
Cui post erant. Plin. Post curvantur, 
A. e. backwards. Hence, figur. Sallust. 
Postfuere, A. c. were slighted or neglected. 
-II. Preposition, with an accusat. 
after , or since. Cic. Aliquot post men¬ 
ses. Id. Post hominum memoriam, 
A. e. in the memory of man. Id. Post 
Brutum consulem, h. e. post consula- 
tuin Bruti. Liv. Post diem tertium, 
A. e. die tertio. Cic. Sexennio post Vei- 
os captos, A. e. after the taking of Veil. 
Liv. Post devictum Hannibalem, A. c. 
after Hannibal had been conquered. Hence, 
Plaut. Post id, or, Cic. Post ea, or, 
Terent. Post ilia, or, Cic. Post h;ec, A. e. 
afterwards, after this. It is also follow¬ 
ed by quam. Hep. Post annum quar- 
tum, quam expulsus fuerat, A. e. the 
fourth year after, &c. Cic. Post diem 
tertium quam dixerat. — Also, behind. 
Cats. Post castra, A. e. in the rear of. 
— Also, below, beneath, under: after, 
next in order. Senec. Nemo post te vi- 
deatur, A. e. inferior to. Horat. Erat 
Lydia post Chloen. — Also, besides. 
Calpurn. Post sidera coeli sola Jovem 
Semele vidit.-IT It is sometimes sep¬ 
arated from its case. Cic. Post enim 
Chrysippum. — Also, after its case. 
Cic. Hunc post. 
POSTAUTOMNaLIS (post & autumna- 
21 is), e, adj. coming after autumn or the 
fall of the leaf, late in the year. Plin. pira. 
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POSTSa (post & ea), adv. afterward, ofta 
that or this, hereafter, sir a, eireira. Cic 
Postea aliquanto ipsos quoque tempes- 
tas jactare ccepit. Plin. Postea multo, 
A. e. long after. Sallust. Postea loci, 
for postea. It is al o frequently fol¬ 
lowed by quam, from which is formed 
posteaquam, as one word. Cic. Postea- 
quarn lionoribus inservire ccepi. It is 
also separated by inserting one or more 
words. Cic. Postea vero quam. Also, 
with a subjunct. following. Cic. Qui 
postea quam maximas redificasset clas¬ 
ses. -IT Also, further, besides. Cic. 
Quid postea? A. e. and what thenl — It 
is also joined with deinde, where one of 
them is redundant. Liv. Postea deinde. 
-If When the final a is short, the 
words should probably be written sepa¬ 
rately, as post ea ; so ante eci for anted. 
PoSTEaQUAM (postea & quam), adv. 
after that, after, inti, iireidri. Cic. (See 
Postea.) -IT Posle&quam is also found. 
P6STE5 (post & eO), is, n. 4. to go after or 
3 behind ; to be inferior. Sidon. aiiquem. 
POSTERI, orum. See Posterus. 
POSTeRGaNEOS (post &. terguin), a, um, 
3 lid), behind one’s back. Arnob. 
POSTERIOR. See Posterus. 
PoSTERITaS (posterus), atis, f. future 
time, futurity, posterity, succeeding gene¬ 
rations, descendants, after-ages, oi air6- 
yovoi. Ovid. In ore frequens posteri- 
tatis eris. Quintil. llistoria non ad 
actum rei, sed ad memoriam posterita- 
tis componitur. Cic. Invidia posterita- 
tis, A. e. evil report with or blame of pos¬ 
terity. Cws. Rationem habeat posteri- 
tatis, A. e. fam® apud posteros. — Hence, 
In posteritatem, fur the. future. Cic. and 
Justin. — Also, of animals. Juvenal. 
Posteritas et Hirpini.- IT Also, the 
last place, inferiority. Terlull. 
POSTERIUS. See Posterus. 
POSTERS (posterus), as, avi, atum, n. 1. 
3 to do any thing late, to be late with any 
thing, retard, varepeco. Pallad. Quod 
posteravit, sc. oliva. 
POSTEROLOS (dimin. ofposterus), a, um, 
3 adj. Ammian. Posterula, sc. via, A. e. 
a by-way. 
PoSTEROS, or POSTER (from post),a,um, 
adj. comparat. Posterior, superl. Postre- 
mus and Postumus. — Posit. Posterus, 
or, Poster, a, um, coming after, following, 
next, ensuing, verepos- Cic. Postero 
die, A. e. on the following day. Hep. 
Postera nocte. Cic. Postero anno. 
Horat. laus, A. c. of posterity. Tacit. 
Postero, for postero die. Cic. In pos- 
terum, sc. diem, A. c. till the next day. 
Id. In posterum, sc. tempus, A. e. for 
the future, for the time to come. Justin. 
Acies postera, A. e. posteri diei. Pos¬ 
terus dies is also followed by quam. Cic., 
Postero die, quam ilia erant acta, A. c. 
the day after, &c. — Hence, Posted, 
posterity, descendants, after-ages, ol im- 
yivbpevoi, d-oyovoi. — Also, inferior. 
Marc. Cap. -II. Compar. Posterior, 
posterius, that comes after, happen¬ 
ing 'nr placed after, following, second, 
or next in order, time or place, pos¬ 
terior, latter when two persons or 
things are spoken of, barepos, vriorc- 
pos, <5 ebrepos. Cic. cogitationes, A. e. 
after-thoughts. Cic. Paullo state pos¬ 
terior. Plin. pedes, A. e. the hind feet. 
Pandect. Posteriores, for posteri. — 
Hence, Posterius, adv. after, afterward, 
at a later period, varepov. Terent. and 
Cic. — Figur. inferior, worse. Cic. Ni¬ 
hil posterius, A. e. worse. Terent. Non 
posteriores feram, sc. partes, A. e. I shall 
■not be behindhand, will not play the lowest 
part. -III. Superl. Postremus, or 
Postumus. Postremus, a, um, the last, 
hindmost, usually when more than two 
are spoken of, taxaros, reXeyraios, 
vararos. Cic. Alia prima, alia pos- 
trema. Virg. Nec tibi cura canuni pos- 
trema, A. e. not the last, a chief, especial. 
So, also, Cic. Hoc. non in postremis,/o? 
in primis, particularly. Sallust, acies 
A. e. the rear. Justin. In postremo ll- 
bro, A. e. at the end of the book. — Hence 
Postremum, subst. the last, the end. —* 
Postremo, lastly, ultimately, finally, at 
last, tq reXevraiov, vararov. Terent. 
and Cws. — Ad postremum, at last. 
Liv. — Postremum, sc. ad, for the Iasi 
