§430. Relations of Place

Verbs of placing, though implying motion, take the construction of the place where:—

Such are pōnō, locō, collocō, statuō, cōnstituō, etc.:—

• quī in sēde ac domō collocāvit (Par. 25), who put [one] into his place and home.
• statuitur eques Rōmānus in Aprōnī convīviō (Verr. 3.62), a Roman knight is brought into a banquet of Apronius.
• īnsula Dēlos in Aegaeō marī posita (Manil. 55), the island of Delos, situated in the Ægean Sea.
• sī in ūnō Pompêiō omnia pōnerētis (id. 59), if you made everything depend on Pompey alone.