praepono
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. From prae- + pōnō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈpoː.noː/, [präe̯ˈpoːnoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈpo.no/, [preˈpɔːno]
Verb
praepōnō (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī, supine praepositum); third conjugation
- I place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent, I place at the head of, intrust with the charge or command of; I appoint or depute as.
- Synonym: praeficiō
- I 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
- to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
- praepono in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016