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appono

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Etymology

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    From ad- + pōnō (put).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    appōnō (present infinitive appōnere, perfect active apposuī or apposīvī, supine appositum or appostum); third conjugation

    1. to appoint, assign
      Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, lēgō, discrībō, elēgō, īnstituō, prōdō, cōnsociō, impertiō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, addīcō
    2. to place near, set before (on table), serve up, appose
    3. to put, apply, add to
      Nōn gladium corporibus hostium, sed arborum truncīs secūrim appōnit.
      He doesn't put his sword to the bodies of foes, but his axe to the trunks of trees.

    Conjugation

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

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    References

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    • appono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • appono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • appono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to set food before a person: cibum apponere, ponere alicui
      • to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere