praepono

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. 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, intrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as
    Synonym: praeficiō
  2. to prefer
    Synonyms: antevertō, anteferō, praeoptō, praeferō, mālō

Usage notes
  • I put X (accusative) in front of Y (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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praepōnere praeposuisse praepositūrum esse praepōnī praepositum esse praepositum īrī
participles praepōnēns — praepositūrus — praepositus praepōnendus,
praepōnundus
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
  • praepono in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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