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. Compounds of pōnō take various constructions (see the Lexicon under each word).

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