praepono

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ pōnō.

Pronunciation

Verb

praepōnō (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī, supine praepositum); third conjugation

  1. to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent, to place at the head of, entrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as
    Synonym: praeficiō
  2. to prefer
    Synonyms: antevertō, anteferō, praeoptō, praeferō, mālō
    • 69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 22, 63....you preferred him alone to entrust with the command of the war against the pirates.:
      ...unum illum ex omnibus delegistis quem bello praedonum praeponeretis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • I put X [with accusative] in front of Y [with dative]

Me tibi praepono - I put me in front of you

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praepōnō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praepōnō praepōnis praepōnit praepōnimus praepōnitis praepōnunt
imperfect praepōnēbam praepōnēbās praepōnēbat praepōnēbāmus praepōnēbātis praepōnēbant
future praepōnam praepōnēs praepōnet praepōnēmus praepōnētis praepōnent
perfect praeposuī praeposuistī praeposuit praeposuimus praeposuistis praeposuērunt,
praeposuēre
pluperfect praeposueram praeposuerās praeposuerat praeposuerāmus praeposuerātis praeposuerant
future perfect praeposuerō praeposueris praeposuerit praeposuerimus praeposueritis praeposuerint
passive present praepōnor praepōneris,
praepōnere 		praepōnitur praepōnimur praepōniminī praepōnuntur
imperfect praepōnēbar praepōnēbāris,
praepōnēbāre 		praepōnēbātur praepōnēbāmur praepōnēbāminī praepōnēbantur
future praepōnar praepōnēris,
praepōnēre 		praepōnētur praepōnēmur praepōnēminī praepōnentur
perfect praepositus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praepositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praepositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praepōnam praepōnās praepōnat praepōnāmus praepōnātis praepōnant
imperfect praepōnerem praepōnerēs praepōneret praepōnerēmus praepōnerētis praepōnerent
perfect praeposuerim praeposuerīs praeposuerit praeposuerīmus praeposuerītis praeposuerint
pluperfect praeposuissem praeposuissēs praeposuisset praeposuissēmus praeposuissētis praeposuissent
passive present praepōnar praepōnāris,
praepōnāre 		praepōnātur praepōnāmur praepōnāminī praepōnantur
imperfect praepōnerer praepōnerēris,
praepōnerēre 		praepōnerētur praepōnerēmur praepōnerēminī praepōnerentur
perfect praepositus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praepositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praepōne — — praepōnite —
future — praepōnitō praepōnitō — praepōnitōte praepōnuntō
passive present — praepōnere — — praepōniminī —
future — praepōnitor praepōnitor — — praepōnuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present praepōnere praepōnī praepōnēns —
future praepositūrum esse praepositum īrī praepositūrus praepōnendus,
praepōnundus
perfect praeposuisse praepositum esse — praepositus
future perfect — praepositum fore — —
perfect potential praepositūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praepōnendī praepōnendō praepōnendum praepōnendō praepositum praepositū

Descendants

  • English: prepose
  • French: préposer
  • Italian: preporre
  • Occitan: prepausar
  • Portuguese: prepor
  • Romanian: prepune
  • Sicilian: pripùniri
  • Spanish: preponer

References

  • “praepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praepono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
  • praepono in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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