suppono

Latin

Alternative forms

subpōnō

Etymology

From sub- (“under”) +‎ pōnō (“put, place”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

suppōnō (present infinitive suppōnere, perfect active supposuī or supposīvī, supine suppositum or suppostum); third conjugation

to put, place under
Synonyms: suggerō, summittō, sufferō, subiciō

Anatum ōva gallīnīs saepe suppōnimus.
We often place the eggs of ducks under hens.
- 21 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epistularum liber primus (First Book of Letters): 15:
  ...sānē murtēta relinquī dictaque cessantem nervīs ēlīdere morbum sulfura contemnī vīcus gemit, invidus aegrīs, quī caput et stomachum suppōnere fontibus audent Clūsīnīs Gabiōsque petunt et frīgida rūra.
  Of course the town murmurs at its myrtle-groves being deserted, and its sulphur baths despised, so famous for driving a lingering disorder from the sinews, and takes offence at invalids who dare to plunge head and stomach under the showers from Clusium's springs, or who repair to Gabii and its cold ocuntry-side.
to subject (to)
to falsify
Synonym: intercīdō
to add to
to substitute
Synonyms: substituō, succēdō, subiciō, subrogō

Conjugation

Conjugation of suppōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	suppōnō	suppōnis		suppōnit	suppōnimus	suppōnitis		suppōnunt
	imperfect	suppōnēbam	suppōnēbās		suppōnēbat	suppōnēbāmus	suppōnēbātis		suppōnēbant
	future	suppōnam	suppōnēs		suppōnet	suppōnēmus	suppōnētis		suppōnent
	perfect	supposuī, supposīvī	supposuistī, supposīvistī, supposīstī¹		supposuit, supposīvit, supposīt¹	supposuimus, supposīvimus, supposīmus¹	supposuistis, supposīvistis, supposīstis¹		supposuērunt, supposuēre, supposīvērunt, supposīrunt, supposīvēre¹
	pluperfect	supposueram, supposīveram, supposīram¹	supposuerās, supposīverās, supposīrās¹		supposuerat, supposīverat, supposīrat¹	supposuerāmus, supposīverāmus, supposīrāmus¹	supposuerātis, supposīverātis, supposīrātis¹		supposuerant, supposīverant, supposīrant¹
	future perfect	supposuerō, supposīverō, supposīrō¹	supposueris, supposīveris, supposīris¹		supposuerit, supposīverit, supposīrit¹	supposuerimus, supposīverimus, supposīrimus¹	supposueritis, supposīveritis, supposīritis¹		supposuerint, supposīverint, supposīrint¹
passive	present	suppōnor	suppōneris, suppōnere		suppōnitur	suppōnimur	suppōniminī		suppōnuntur
	imperfect	suppōnēbar	suppōnēbāris, suppōnēbāre		suppōnēbātur	suppōnēbāmur	suppōnēbāminī		suppōnēbantur
	future	suppōnar	suppōnēris, suppōnēre		suppōnētur	suppōnēmur	suppōnēminī		suppōnentur
	perfect	suppositus or suppostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suppositus or suppostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suppositus or suppostus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	suppōnam	suppōnās		suppōnat	suppōnāmus	suppōnātis		suppōnant
	imperfect	suppōnerem	suppōnerēs		suppōneret	suppōnerēmus	suppōnerētis		suppōnerent
	perfect	supposuerim, supposīverim, supposīrim¹	supposuerīs, supposīverīs, supposīrīs¹		supposuerit, supposīverit, supposīrit¹	supposuerīmus, supposīverīmus, supposīrīmus¹	supposuerītis, supposīverītis, supposīrītis¹		supposuerint, supposīverint, supposīrint¹
	pluperfect	supposuissem, supposīvissem, supposīssem¹	supposuissēs, supposīvissēs, supposīssēs¹		supposuisset, supposīvisset, supposīsset¹	supposuissēmus, supposīvissēmus, supposīssēmus¹	supposuissētis, supposīvissētis, supposīssētis¹		supposuissent, supposīvissent, supposīssent¹
passive	present	suppōnar	suppōnāris, suppōnāre		suppōnātur	suppōnāmur	suppōnāminī		suppōnantur
	imperfect	suppōnerer	suppōnerēris, suppōnerēre		suppōnerētur	suppōnerēmur	suppōnerēminī		suppōnerentur
	perfect	suppositus or suppostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suppositus or suppostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	suppōne		—	—	suppōnite		—
active	future	—	suppōnitō		suppōnitō	—	suppōnitōte		suppōnuntō
passive	present	—	suppōnere		—	—	suppōniminī		—
passive	future	—	suppōnitor		suppōnitor	—	—		suppōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		suppōnere		suppōnī		suppōnēns		—
future		suppositūrum esse, suppostūrum esse		suppositum īrī, suppostum īrī		suppositūrus, suppostūrus		suppōnendus, suppōnundus
perfect		supposuisse, supposīvisse, supposīsse¹		suppositum esse, suppostum esse		—		suppositus, suppostus
future perfect		—		suppositum fore, suppostum fore		—		—
perfect potential		suppositūrum fuisse, suppostūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		suppōnendī	suppōnendō		suppōnendum	suppōnendō	suppositum, suppostum		suppositū, suppostū

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

Derived terms

suppositōrium

Descendants

Catalan: suposar (partially)
English: suppose
French: supposer (partially)
Italian: supporre
Portuguese: supor
Romanian: supune, supunere
Spanish: suponer

References

“suppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“suppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“suppono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to produce a false will: testamentum subicere, supponere