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praepono
praepono
Latin
Verb
praepōnō (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī, supine praepositum); third conjugation
Inflection
Descendants
- English: prepose, preposition
- Italian: preporre
- Portuguese: prepor
- Romanian: prepune
- Spanish: preponer
Usage notes
- I put X (accusative) in front of Y (dative).
Me tibi praepono - I put me in front of you
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praepono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
- to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
- praepono in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016