praepono

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From prae- +‎ pōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈpoː.noː/, [präe̯ˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈpo.no/, [preˈpɔːno]

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^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016