repono

See also: repoño

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ pōnō (put).

Pronunciation

Verb

repōnō (present infinitive repōnere, perfect active reposuī or reposīvī, supine repositum or repostum); third conjugation

  1. to put back
  2. (medicine) to put back, return a bone to its proper place, to reduce a dislocation
    Near-synonym: recompōnō
    ossa recompōnereto set bones back in their place
  3. to restore
  4. to store
  5. to reposit
  6. to replace
  7. to return

Conjugation

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

Descendants

  • English: repone
  • French: reposer (in part), répondre (possible; unconfirmed)
  • Galician: repoñer, repor
  • German: reponieren
  • Italian: riporre
  • Occitan: repondre
  • Portuguese: repor
  • Romanian: răpune, repune
  • Sicilian: ripùniri
  • Spanish: reponer
  • Walloon: respouner

References

  • repono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to deify a person: aliquem in deorum numerum referre, reponere
  • repono in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016