dispono

See also: dispoño

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin dispōnō

From dis- + pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈpoː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [disˈpɔː.no]

Verb

dispōnō (present infinitive dispōnere, perfect active disposuī or disposīvī, supine dispositum or dispostum); third conjugation

1. to dispose, distribute or arrange

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dispōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dispōnō		dispōnis		dispōnit		dispōnimus		dispōnitis		dispōnunt
	imperfect	dispōnēbam		dispōnēbās		dispōnēbat		dispōnēbāmus		dispōnēbātis		dispōnēbant
	future	dispōnam		dispōnēs		dispōnet		dispōnēmus		dispōnētis		dispōnent
	perfect	disposuī, disposīvī		disposuistī, disposīvistī, disposīstī1		disposuit, disposīvit, disposīt1		disposuimus, disposīvimus, disposīmus1		disposuistis, disposīvistis, disposīstis1		disposuērunt, disposuēre, disposīvērunt, disposīrunt, disposīvēre1
	pluperfect	disposueram, disposīveram, disposīram1		disposuerās, disposīverās, disposīrās1		disposuerat, disposīverat, disposīrat1		disposuerāmus, disposīverāmus, disposīrāmus1		disposuerātis, disposīverātis, disposīrātis1		disposuerant, disposīverant, disposīrant1
	future perfect	disposuerō, disposīverō, disposīrō1		disposueris, disposīveris, disposīris1		disposuerit, disposīverit, disposīrit1		disposuerimus, disposīverimus, disposīrimus1		disposueritis, disposīveritis, disposīritis1		disposuerint, disposīverint, disposīrint1
passive	present	dispōnor		dispōneris, dispōnere		dispōnitur		dispōnimur		dispōniminī		dispōnuntur
	imperfect	dispōnēbar		dispōnēbāris, dispōnēbāre		dispōnēbātur		dispōnēbāmur		dispōnēbāminī		dispōnēbantur
	future	dispōnar		dispōnēris, dispōnēre		dispōnētur		dispōnēmur		dispōnēminī		dispōnentur
	perfect	dispositus or dispostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dispositus or dispostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dispositus or dispostus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dispōnam		dispōnās		dispōnat		dispōnāmus		dispōnātis		dispōnant
	imperfect	dispōnerem		dispōnerēs		dispōneret		dispōnerēmus		dispōnerētis		dispōnerent
	perfect	disposuerim, disposīverim, disposīrim1		disposuerīs, disposīverīs, disposīrīs1		disposuerit, disposīverit, disposīrit1		disposuerīmus, disposīverīmus, disposīrīmus1		disposuerītis, disposīverītis, disposīrītis1		disposuerint, disposīverint, disposīrint1
	pluperfect	disposuissem, disposīvissem, disposīssem1		disposuissēs, disposīvissēs, disposīssēs1		disposuisset, disposīvisset, disposīsset1		disposuissēmus, disposīvissēmus, disposīssēmus1		disposuissētis, disposīvissētis, disposīssētis1		disposuissent, disposīvissent, disposīssent1
passive	present	dispōnar		dispōnāris, dispōnāre		dispōnātur		dispōnāmur		dispōnāminī		dispōnantur
	imperfect	dispōnerer		dispōnerēris, dispōnerēre		dispōnerētur		dispōnerēmur		dispōnerēminī		dispōnerentur
	perfect	dispositus or dispostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dispositus or dispostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dispōne		—		—		dispōnite		—
	future	—		dispōnitō		dispōnitō		—		dispōnitōte		dispōnuntō
passive	present	—		dispōnere		—		—		dispōniminī		—
	future	—		dispōnitor		dispōnitor		—		—		dispōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dispōnere			dispōnī			dispōnēns			—
future		dispositūrum esse, dispostūrum esse			dispositum īrī, dispostum īrī			dispositūrus, dispostūrus			dispōnendus, dispōnundus
perfect		disposuisse, disposīvisse, disposīsse1			dispositum esse, dispostum esse			—			dispositus, dispostus
future perfect		—			dispositum fore, dispostum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dispositūrum fuisse, dispostūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dispōnendī		dispōnendō		dispōnendum		dispōnendō		dispositum, dispostum		dispositū, dispostū

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

Descendants

• Catalan: disposar
• Dalmatian: desponar
• English: dispose (partially), dispone
• French: disposer (partially)
• Friulian: disponi
• Galician: dispoñer
• German: disponieren
• Italian: disporre
• Occitan: despónder, despondre
• Old French: despondre
• Piedmontese: dispon-e
• Portuguese: dispor
• Romanian: despune, dispune
• Sardinian: dispòniri
• Sicilian: dispùniri
• Spanish: disponer

References

• “dispono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dispono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dispono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to arrange on strictly logical principles: ratione, eleganter (opp. nulla ratione, ineleganter, confuse) disponere aliquid
    
  • to station posts, pickets, at intervals: praesidia, custodias disponere
    
  • to place the cavalry on the wings: equites ad latera disponere (B. G. 6. 8)
    
• dispono in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016