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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sinō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 566-7: “pōnō < *po-sinō”
Further reading
“pono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to offer a prize (for the winner): praemium ponere
to set up a statue in some one's honour: statuam alicui ponere, constituere
to apply oneself zealously, diligently to a thing: studium, industriam (not diligentiam) collocare, ponere in aliqua re
to throw doubt upon a thing: in dubio ponere
to cite a person or a thing as an example: aliquem (aliquid) exempli causaponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
to bring a thing vividly before the eyes: ante oculos ponere aliquid
to give a general idea of a thing: in uno conspectu ponere aliquid
to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
to publish, make public: in medio ponere (proponere)
to propose, set a theme: ponere
to set some one a theme for discussion: ponere alicui, de quo disputet
to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
to propose a subject of debate, put a question: quaestionem ponere, proponere
to lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): librum de manibus ponere
to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
to put confidence in some one: fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocare
to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonumin virtute ponere
to place some one in ambush: aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponere
to undress: vestem ponere(exuere)
to set food before a person: cibum apponere, ponere alicui
to consider a thing as profit: in lucro ponere aliquid (Flacc. 17. 40)
to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): arma ponere (not deponere)
to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
to encamp: castra ponere, locare
(ambiguous) to be favourably situated: opportuno loco situm or positum esse
(ambiguous) to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
(ambiguous) to depend upon a thing: positum, situm esse in aliqua re
(ambiguous) to be in a person's power: in manu, in potestate alicuius situm, positum esse
(ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
(ambiguous) it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid in coniectura positum est
(ambiguous) we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
(ambiguous) to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
Mehemea he pono te aroha o te tangata ki te wahine, o te wahine rānei ki te tāne, e kore rawa e mātoke, ahakoa whakararurarutia e ngā whanaunga engari ka kaha kē atu.
If a man truly loves a woman, or vice versa, it will not go cold, and despite problems caused by relatives it will become stronger.
Roman Zawiliński (1880) “pono”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 231
Oskar Kolberg (1865) “pono”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 264