oppono

Latin

Alternative forms

obpōnō

Etymology

From ob- (“against”) +‎ pōnō (“put”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

oppōnō (present infinitive oppōnere, perfect active opposuī or opposīvī, supine oppositum or oppostum); third conjugation

to set against
Synonyms: obiectō, obiciō
to oppose, object
Synonyms: adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, vetō, obstō

Conjugation

Conjugation of oppōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	oppōnō	oppōnis		oppōnit	oppōnimus	oppōnitis		oppōnunt
	imperfect	oppōnēbam	oppōnēbās		oppōnēbat	oppōnēbāmus	oppōnēbātis		oppōnēbant
	future	oppōnam	oppōnēs		oppōnet	oppōnēmus	oppōnētis		oppōnent
	perfect	opposuī, opposīvī	opposuistī, opposīvistī, opposīstī¹		opposuit, opposīvit, opposīt¹	opposuimus, opposīvimus, opposīmus¹	opposuistis, opposīvistis, opposīstis¹		opposuērunt, opposuēre, opposīvērunt, opposīrunt, opposīvēre¹
	pluperfect	opposueram, opposīveram, opposīram¹	opposuerās, opposīverās, opposīrās¹		opposuerat, opposīverat, opposīrat¹	opposuerāmus, opposīverāmus, opposīrāmus¹	opposuerātis, opposīverātis, opposīrātis¹		opposuerant, opposīverant, opposīrant¹
	future perfect	opposuerō, opposīverō, opposīrō¹	opposueris, opposīveris, opposīris¹		opposuerit, opposīverit, opposīrit¹	opposuerimus, opposīverimus, opposīrimus¹	opposueritis, opposīveritis, opposīritis¹		opposuerint, opposīverint, opposīrint¹
passive	present	oppōnor	oppōneris, oppōnere		oppōnitur	oppōnimur	oppōniminī		oppōnuntur
	imperfect	oppōnēbar	oppōnēbāris, oppōnēbāre		oppōnēbātur	oppōnēbāmur	oppōnēbāminī		oppōnēbantur
	future	oppōnar	oppōnēris, oppōnēre		oppōnētur	oppōnēmur	oppōnēminī		oppōnentur
	perfect	oppositus or oppostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oppositus or oppostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oppositus or oppostus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	oppōnam	oppōnās		oppōnat	oppōnāmus	oppōnātis		oppōnant
	imperfect	oppōnerem	oppōnerēs		oppōneret	oppōnerēmus	oppōnerētis		oppōnerent
	perfect	opposuerim, opposīverim, opposīrim¹	opposuerīs, opposīverīs, opposīrīs¹		opposuerit, opposīverit, opposīrit¹	opposuerīmus, opposīverīmus, opposīrīmus¹	opposuerītis, opposīverītis, opposīrītis¹		opposuerint, opposīverint, opposīrint¹
	pluperfect	opposuissem, opposīvissem, opposīssem¹	opposuissēs, opposīvissēs, opposīssēs¹		opposuisset, opposīvisset, opposīsset¹	opposuissēmus, opposīvissēmus, opposīssēmus¹	opposuissētis, opposīvissētis, opposīssētis¹		opposuissent, opposīvissent, opposīssent¹
passive	present	oppōnar	oppōnāris, oppōnāre		oppōnātur	oppōnāmur	oppōnāminī		oppōnantur
	imperfect	oppōnerer	oppōnerēris, oppōnerēre		oppōnerētur	oppōnerēmur	oppōnerēminī		oppōnerentur
	perfect	oppositus or oppostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oppositus or oppostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	oppōne		—	—	oppōnite		—
active	future	—	oppōnitō		oppōnitō	—	oppōnitōte		oppōnuntō
passive	present	—	oppōnere		—	—	oppōniminī		—
passive	future	—	oppōnitor		oppōnitor	—	—		oppōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		oppōnere		oppōnī		oppōnēns		—
future		oppositūrum esse, oppostūrum esse		oppositum īrī, oppostum īrī		oppositūrus, oppostūrus		oppōnendus, oppōnundus
perfect		opposuisse, opposīvisse, opposīsse¹		oppositum esse, oppostum esse		—		oppositus, oppostus
future perfect		—		oppositum fore, oppostum fore		—		—
perfect potential		oppositūrum fuisse, oppostūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		oppōnendī	oppōnendō		oppōnendum	oppōnendō	oppositum, oppostum		oppositū, oppostū

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

Descendants

Asturian: oponer
Catalan: oposar (calque)
→ Finnish: opponoida
Old French: opposer, oposer (partially)
- Middle English: opposen
  - English: oppose
Galician: opoñer, opor
→ German: opponieren
Interlingua: opponer
Italian: opporre
Portuguese: opor
Romanian: opune
Sicilian: appùniri (obsolete), uppùniri
Spanish: oponer

References

“oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“oppono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to object, to adduce in contradiction: opponere alicui aliquid