appono

Latin

Alternative forms

adpōnō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der.

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Old Latin *poznō

Latin pōnō

Latin appōnō

From ad- + pōnō (“put”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈpoː.noː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [apˈpɔː.no]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of appōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	appōnō	appōnis		appōnit	appōnimus	appōnitis		appōnunt
	imperfect	appōnēbam	appōnēbās		appōnēbat	appōnēbāmus	appōnēbātis		appōnēbant
	future	appōnam	appōnēs		appōnet	appōnēmus	appōnētis		appōnent
	perfect	apposuī, apposīvī	apposuistī, apposīvistī, apposīstī¹		apposuit, apposīvit, apposīt¹	apposuimus, apposīvimus, apposīmus¹	apposuistis, apposīvistis, apposīstis¹		apposuērunt, apposuēre, apposīvērunt, apposīrunt, apposīvēre¹
	pluperfect	apposueram, apposīveram, apposīram¹	apposuerās, apposīverās, apposīrās¹		apposuerat, apposīverat, apposīrat¹	apposuerāmus, apposīverāmus, apposīrāmus¹	apposuerātis, apposīverātis, apposīrātis¹		apposuerant, apposīverant, apposīrant¹
	future perfect	apposuerō, apposīverō, apposīrō¹	apposueris, apposīveris, apposīris¹		apposuerit, apposīverit, apposīrit¹	apposuerimus, apposīverimus, apposīrimus¹	apposueritis, apposīveritis, apposīritis¹		apposuerint, apposīverint, apposīrint¹
passive	present	appōnor	appōneris, appōnere		appōnitur	appōnimur	appōniminī		appōnuntur
	imperfect	appōnēbar	appōnēbāris, appōnēbāre		appōnēbātur	appōnēbāmur	appōnēbāminī		appōnēbantur
	future	appōnar	appōnēris, appōnēre		appōnētur	appōnēmur	appōnēminī		appōnentur
	perfect	appositus or appostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	appositus or appostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	appositus or appostus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	appōnam	appōnās		appōnat	appōnāmus	appōnātis		appōnant
	imperfect	appōnerem	appōnerēs		appōneret	appōnerēmus	appōnerētis		appōnerent
	perfect	apposuerim, apposīverim, apposīrim¹	apposuerīs, apposīverīs, apposīrīs¹		apposuerit, apposīverit, apposīrit¹	apposuerīmus, apposīverīmus, apposīrīmus¹	apposuerītis, apposīverītis, apposīrītis¹		apposuerint, apposīverint, apposīrint¹
	pluperfect	apposuissem, apposīvissem, apposīssem¹	apposuissēs, apposīvissēs, apposīssēs¹		apposuisset, apposīvisset, apposīsset¹	apposuissēmus, apposīvissēmus, apposīssēmus¹	apposuissētis, apposīvissētis, apposīssētis¹		apposuissent, apposīvissent, apposīssent¹
passive	present	appōnar	appōnāris, appōnāre		appōnātur	appōnāmur	appōnāminī		appōnantur
	imperfect	appōnerer	appōnerēris, appōnerēre		appōnerētur	appōnerēmur	appōnerēminī		appōnerentur
	perfect	appositus or appostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	appositus or appostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	appōne		—	—	appōnite		—
active	future	—	appōnitō		appōnitō	—	appōnitōte		appōnuntō
passive	present	—	appōnere		—	—	appōniminī		—
passive	future	—	appōnitor		appōnitor	—	—		appōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		appōnere		appōnī		appōnēns		—
future		appositūrum esse, appostūrum esse		appositum īrī, appostum īrī		appositūrus, appostūrus		appōnendus, appōnundus
perfect		apposuisse, apposīvisse, apposīsse¹		appositum esse, appostum esse		—		appositus, appostus
future perfect		—		appositum fore, appostum fore		—		—
perfect potential		appositūrum fuisse, appostūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		appōnendī	appōnendō		appōnendum	appōnendō	appositum, appostum		appositū, appostū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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