praepono

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ pōnō.

Pronunciation

Verb

praepōnō (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī or praeposīvī, supine praepositum or praepostum); third conjugation (ditransitive)

  1. to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent; to place at the head of or entrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as
    Synonym: praeficiō
  2. to prefer
    Synonyms: antevertō, anteferō, praeoptō, praeferō, mālō
    • 69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 22, 63....you preferred him alone to entrust with the command of the war against the pirates.:
      ...unum illum ex omnibus delegistis quem bello praedonum praeponeretis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • to put X [with accusative] in front of Y [with 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,
praeposīvī 		praeposuistī,
praeposīvistī,
praeposīstī1 		praeposuit,
praeposīvit,
praeposīt1 		praeposuimus,
praeposīvimus,
praeposīmus1 		praeposuistis,
praeposīvistis,
praeposīstis1 		praeposuērunt,
praeposuēre,
praeposīvērunt,
praeposīrunt,
praeposīvēre1
pluperfect praeposueram,
praeposīveram,
praeposīram1 		praeposuerās,
praeposīverās,
praeposīrās1 		praeposuerat,
praeposīverat,
praeposīrat1 		praeposuerāmus,
praeposīverāmus,
praeposīrāmus1 		praeposuerātis,
praeposīverātis,
praeposīrātis1 		praeposuerant,
praeposīverant,
praeposīrant1
future perfect praeposuerō,
praeposīverō,
praeposīrō1 		praeposueris,
praeposīveris,
praeposīris1 		praeposuerit,
praeposīverit,
praeposīrit1 		praeposuerimus,
praeposīverimus,
praeposīrimus1 		praeposueritis,
praeposīveritis,
praeposīritis1 		praeposuerint,
praeposīverint,
praeposīrint1
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 or praepostus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praepositus or praepostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praepositus or praepostus + 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,
praeposīverim,
praeposīrim1 		praeposuerīs,
praeposīverīs,
praeposīrīs1 		praeposuerit,
praeposīverit,
praeposīrit1 		praeposuerīmus,
praeposīverīmus,
praeposīrīmus1 		praeposuerītis,
praeposīverītis,
praeposīrītis1 		praeposuerint,
praeposīverint,
praeposīrint1
pluperfect praeposuissem,
praeposīvissem,
praeposīssem1 		praeposuissēs,
praeposīvissēs,
praeposīssēs1 		praeposuisset,
praeposīvisset,
praeposīsset1 		praeposuissēmus,
praeposīvissēmus,
praeposīssēmus1 		praeposuissētis,
praeposīvissētis,
praeposīssētis1 		praeposuissent,
praeposīvissent,
praeposīssent1
passive present praepōnar praepōnāris,
praepōnāre 		praepōnātur praepōnāmur praepōnāminī praepōnantur
imperfect praepōnerer praepōnerēris,
praepōnerēre 		praepōnerētur praepōnerēmur praepōnerēminī praepōnerentur
perfect praepositus or praepostus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praepositus or praepostus + 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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present praepōnere praepōnī praepōnēns —
future praepositūrum esse,
praepostūrum esse 		praepositum īrī,
praepostum īrī 		praepositūrus,
praepostūrus 		praepōnendus,
praepōnundus
perfect praeposuisse,
praeposīvisse,
praeposīsse1 		praepositum esse,
praepostum esse 		— praepositus,
praepostus
future perfect — praepositum fore,
praepostum fore 		— —
perfect potential praepositūrum fuisse,
praepostūrum fuisse 		— — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praepōnendī praepōnendō praepōnendum praepōnendō praepositum,
praepostum 		praepositū,
praepostū

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

Descendants

  • French: préposer
    • → English: prepose
  • 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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