Esperanto

Noun

propono ‎(accusative singular proponon, plural proponoj, accusative plural proponojn)

1. proposal
   • 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription

     La nova propono plaĉis al ĉiuj.

     The new proposal was pleasing to everyone.

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ pōnō ‎(“put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈpoː.noː/

Verb

prōpōnō ‎(present infinitive prōpōnere, perfect active prōposuī, supine prōpositum); third conjugation

1. I set forth.
2. I make known.
3. I declare.
4. I propose.
5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) I designate.
   • Munificentissimis Deus,Bull (Pope Pius XII), Latin version

     Maxime autem illud memorandum est, inde a saeculo secundo Mariam Virginem a Sanctis Patribus veluti novam Hevam proponi novo Adae... ^[1]

Inflection

Descendants

References

• propono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propono in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to picture a thing to oneself; to imagine: oculis, ante oculos (animo) proponere aliquid
    
  • picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
    
  • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    
  • to have a high object in view; to be ambitious: magna sibi proponere or magna spectare
    
  • to set up some one as one's ideal, model: sibi exemplum alicuius proponere ad imitandum or simply sibi aliquem ad imitandum proponere
    
  • to publish, make public: in medio ponere (proponere)
    
  • the task I have put before myself is..: mihi propositum est c. Inf. (or mihi proposui, ut)
    
  • to propose a subject of debate, put a question: quaestionem ponere, proponere
    
  • to lead some one to expect..: spem proponere alicui
    
  • to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    
  • to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
    
  • to publish, post up an edict: edictum proponere (Att. 2. 21. 4)
    
  • to fix the ensign on the general's tent (as a signal to commence the engagement): vexillum proponere (Liv. 22. 3)
    
  • to propose terms of peace: pacis condiciones ferre (not proponere)
    
• propono in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

1. ↑ Munificentissimis Deus, Pope Pius XII, Latin version