LL - Cap. IV

[system]

On page 28, line 60 Iulius says: “Sacculum tuum in mensa pone!”.

Why “mensa” is in Ablativius? Why is not in Accusativus? I thought “in” was used with Accusativus, when there is a motion into. Ablativus is used with “in” only when there is static position.

So why here is not “Sacculum tuum in mensam pone!”, when we have here a clear motion?

[adrianus]

Gratus, maxval, tuus adventus. //Welcome, maxval

@maxval

So why here is not “Sacculum tuum in mensa[m —sic] pone!”, when we have here a clear motion

Because it’s no so clear.
Quod clarius non est.

@L&S

1. Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon

[hciomb]

Hello, the Gildersleeve’s Latin grammar" remarks in page 247

Verbs of Placing and kindred significations take the Abl. with in, to designate the result of the motion : classical are ponere, to place, … > Plato rationem in capite posuit, iram in pectore locavit> , C., Tusc., I. 10, 20 ; Plato has put reason in the head, has placed anger in the breast.