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sub-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo].
- I. To set, put, place, or lay under, to set or place next to any thing (so rare and mostly post-Aug.).
- A. Lit.: lapides plantae, Pall. Mart. 10, 22: post elephantos armaturas leves, Hirt. B. Afr. 59, 3.
- B. Trop.: substituerat animo speciem corporis amplam ac magnificam, had presented to his imagination, figured to himself, Liv. 28, 35; cf.: funera fratrum Debueras oculis substituisse tuis, Ov. R. Am. 574: substituebantur crimini, were subjected to the charge, were accused, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 8: aliquem arbitrio, Dig. 38, 1, 30.
- II. To put instead or in the place of another, to substitute (class.; syn.: suppono, subrogo).
- A. In gen.: in eorum locum cives Romanos, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72: pontificem in locum Scipionis, Suet. Tib. 4; Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; cf. Col. 5, 6, 1: nunc pro te Verrem substituisti alterum civitati, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161; cf. Liv. 38, 42: aliam tabulam pro eā, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91: substituta fili persona, id. 18, 3, 4, § 17: philosophiam nobis pro rei publicae procuratione, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 7.
With dat.: consulem alicui, Vell. 2, 58, 3; cf. Suet. Caes. 76: equites Siculis, Liv. 29, 1: alia semina demortuis, Col. 4, 17, 3: libros de oratore his, Quint. 3, 6, 60: fortunam culpae, id. 7, 4, 15: personas, id. 3, 8, 54: defuncto altero e consulibus, neminem substituit, Suet. Ner. 15: substituitur mutua accusatio, Quint. 7, 2, 9.
With in and abl. (late Lat.): in locis suis secunda, Amm. 15, 5, 23.
- B. In partic., in jurid. lang.: substituere heredem (alicui), to make second or alternate heir, in case the first should die: heredes aut instituti dicuntur aut substituti: instituti primo gradu, substituti secundo vel tertio, Dig. 28, 6, 1 sq.: heredes invicem, Suet. Tib. 76; so, heredem (alicui), id. Galb. 9; Quint. 7, 6, 9 al.
So with ellipsis of heredem: inpuberi filio, Dig. 28, 6, 1 sq.