appono

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ pōnō (put).

Pronunciation

Verb

appōnō (present infinitive appōnere, perfect active apposuī, supine appositum); third conjugation

  1. to appoint, assign
    Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, lēgō, discrībō, elēgō, īnstituō, prōdō, cōnsociō, impertiō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, addīcō
  2. to place near, set before (on table), serve up, appose
  3. to put, apply, add to
    Nōn gladium corporibus hostium, sed arborum truncīs secūrim appōnit.
    He doesn't hit the foes' bodies with a sword, but tree trunks with his axe.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: apun, apuniri
  • Catalan: aposar
  • English: appose
  • Old Francoprovençal: apondre
    • Franco-Provençal: appondre
  • Old French: apondre
    • French: appondre
  • French: apposer (partially)
  • Galician: apoñer, apor
  • Italian: apporre
  • Occitan: apondre
  • Portuguese: apor
  • Romanian: apune, apunere, apus
  • Sicilian: appùniri
  • Spanish: aponer, apostar

References

  • appono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to set food before a person: cibum apponere, ponere alicui
    • to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere