antepono

See also: antepoño

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ante-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin antepōnō

From ante- + pōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [an.tɛˈpoː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [an.teˈpɔː.no]

Verb

antepōnō (present infinitive antepōnere, perfect active anteposuī or anteposīvī, supine antepositum or antepostum); third conjugation

1. to put or place in front of
2. (figuratively) to prefer

Conjugation

   Conjugation of antepōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	antepōnō		antepōnis		antepōnit		antepōnimus		antepōnitis		antepōnunt
	imperfect	antepōnēbam		antepōnēbās		antepōnēbat		antepōnēbāmus		antepōnēbātis		antepōnēbant
	future	antepōnam		antepōnēs		antepōnet		antepōnēmus		antepōnētis		antepōnent
	perfect	anteposuī, anteposīvī		anteposuistī, anteposīvistī, anteposīstī1		anteposuit, anteposīvit, anteposīt1		anteposuimus, anteposīvimus, anteposīmus1		anteposuistis, anteposīvistis, anteposīstis1		anteposuērunt, anteposuēre, anteposīvērunt, anteposīrunt, anteposīvēre1
	pluperfect	anteposueram, anteposīveram, anteposīram1		anteposuerās, anteposīverās, anteposīrās1		anteposuerat, anteposīverat, anteposīrat1		anteposuerāmus, anteposīverāmus, anteposīrāmus1		anteposuerātis, anteposīverātis, anteposīrātis1		anteposuerant, anteposīverant, anteposīrant1
	future perfect	anteposuerō, anteposīverō, anteposīrō1		anteposueris, anteposīveris, anteposīris1		anteposuerit, anteposīverit, anteposīrit1		anteposuerimus, anteposīverimus, anteposīrimus1		anteposueritis, anteposīveritis, anteposīritis1		anteposuerint, anteposīverint, anteposīrint1
passive	present	antepōnor		antepōneris, antepōnere		antepōnitur		antepōnimur		antepōniminī		antepōnuntur
	imperfect	antepōnēbar		antepōnēbāris, antepōnēbāre		antepōnēbātur		antepōnēbāmur		antepōnēbāminī		antepōnēbantur
	future	antepōnar		antepōnēris, antepōnēre		antepōnētur		antepōnēmur		antepōnēminī		antepōnentur
	perfect	antepositus or antepostus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	antepositus or antepostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	antepositus or antepostus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	antepōnam		antepōnās		antepōnat		antepōnāmus		antepōnātis		antepōnant
	imperfect	antepōnerem		antepōnerēs		antepōneret		antepōnerēmus		antepōnerētis		antepōnerent
	perfect	anteposuerim, anteposīverim, anteposīrim1		anteposuerīs, anteposīverīs, anteposīrīs1		anteposuerit, anteposīverit, anteposīrit1		anteposuerīmus, anteposīverīmus, anteposīrīmus1		anteposuerītis, anteposīverītis, anteposīrītis1		anteposuerint, anteposīverint, anteposīrint1
	pluperfect	anteposuissem, anteposīvissem, anteposīssem1		anteposuissēs, anteposīvissēs, anteposīssēs1		anteposuisset, anteposīvisset, anteposīsset1		anteposuissēmus, anteposīvissēmus, anteposīssēmus1		anteposuissētis, anteposīvissētis, anteposīssētis1		anteposuissent, anteposīvissent, anteposīssent1
passive	present	antepōnar		antepōnāris, antepōnāre		antepōnātur		antepōnāmur		antepōnāminī		antepōnantur
	imperfect	antepōnerer		antepōnerēris, antepōnerēre		antepōnerētur		antepōnerēmur		antepōnerēminī		antepōnerentur
	perfect	antepositus or antepostus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	antepositus or antepostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		antepōne		—		—		antepōnite		—
	future	—		antepōnitō		antepōnitō		—		antepōnitōte		antepōnuntō
passive	present	—		antepōnere		—		—		antepōniminī		—
	future	—		antepōnitor		antepōnitor		—		—		antepōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		antepōnere			antepōnī			antepōnēns			—
future		antepositūrum esse, antepostūrum esse			antepositum īrī, antepostum īrī			antepositūrus, antepostūrus			antepōnendus, antepōnundus
perfect		anteposuisse, anteposīvisse, anteposīsse1			antepositum esse, antepostum esse			—			antepositus, antepostus
future perfect		—			antepositum fore, antepostum fore			—			—
perfect potential		antepositūrum fuisse, antepostūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		antepōnendī		antepōnendō		antepōnendum		antepōnendō		antepositum, antepostum		antepositū, antepostū

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

Descendants

• French: antéposer
• Galician: antepoñer, antepor
• Italian: anteporre
• Portuguese: antepor
• Romanian: antepune
• Sicilian: antipùniri
• Spanish: anteponer

References

• “antepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “antepono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.