Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1401.pōnō on page 1401
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pōnere to put
pōnere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to put.
Definitions for pōnere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to put, place, set
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To place, set, put (in a specified position). (b) (mil.) to pitch (a camp). (c) to station, post (military forces). (d) (topog.) positus, situated, placed.
- 2
To put in position, set up, erect. (b) to set up a statue of. (c) to arrange in position.
- 3
To lay (foundations, keels); (transf.) to build, construct, found (towns, buildings, etc.).
- 4
To plant (trees, etc.).
- 5
To set before one, provide, supply; (esp.) to serve (food or drink); also, to put on, stage (a play).
Sentences with pōnere
Latin to English
Scīvērunt ubi pecūnia ponerētur?Compare They knew where the money was being put.
Trēs lectī positī erant.Compare Three couches had been placed.
Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus et erro, iam vino quaerens, iam somno fallere Curam; frustra: nam comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem.Compare You cannot bear your own company for an hour together, you cannot employ leisure wisely, you would give yourself the slip, a runaway and a vagrant, seeking now with wine, now with sleep, to cheat Care. In vain: fast as you run Care is at your side or at your heels.
Dictator corona aureus in Capitolium, Iuppiter donum, pono.Compare The dictator placed a golden crown in the Capitol, as a gift to Jupiter.
Porsena, consilium ab oppugnandus urbs ad obsidendus versus, in ripa Tiberis castra pono.Compare Porsena, having changed his plans from storming the city to blockading it, pitched his camp on the banks of the Tiber.
Conjugation table for pōnere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| pōnō pōnis pōnit pōnimus pōnitis pōnunt | pōnēbam pōnēbās pōnēbat pōnēbāmus pōnēbātis pōnēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| posuī posuistī posuit posuimus posuistis posuērunt / posuēre | posueram posuerās posuerat posuerāmus posuerātis posuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| pōnam pōnēs pōnet pōnēmus pōnētis pōnent | posuerō posueris posuerit posuerimus posueritis posuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| pōnam pōnās pōnat pōnāmus pōnātis pōnant | pōnerem pōnerēs pōneret pōnerēmus pōnerētis pōnerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| posuerim posueris posuerit posuerimus posueritis posuerint | posuissem posuissēs posuisset posuissēmus posuissētis posuissent |
Infinitive present pōnere Infinitive perfect posuisse Infinitive future positūrum esse | Imperative present pōne pōnite Imperative future pōnitō pōnitō pōnitōte pōnuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| pōnor pōneris pōnitur pōnimur pōniminī pōnuntur | pōnēbar pōnēbāris / pōnēbāre pōnēbātur pōnēbāmur pōnēbāminī pōnēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| positus sum positus es positus est positī sumus positī estis positī sunt | positus eram positus erās positus erat positī erāmus positī erātis positī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| pōnar pōnēris / pōnēre pōnētur pōnēmur pōnēminī pōnentur | positus erō positus eris positus erit positī erimus positī eritis positī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| pōnar pōnāris / pōnāre pōnātur pōnāmur pōnāminī pōnantur | pōnerer pōnerēris / pōnerēre pōnerētur pōnerēmur pōnerēminī pōnerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| positus sim positus sīs positus sit positī sīmus positī sītis positī sint | positus essem positus essēs positus esset positī essēmus positī essētis positī essent |
Infinitive present pōnī Infinitive perfect positum esse Infinitive future positum īrī | Imperative present pōnere pōniminī Imperative future pōnitor pōnitor - pōnuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | pōnēns | pōnentēs |
| Gen. | pōnentis | pōnentium |
| Dat. | pōnentī | pōnentibus |
| Acc. | pōnentem | pōnentēs |
| Abl. | pōnente | pōnentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | positūrus | positūrī |
| Gen. | positūrī | positūrōrum |
| Dat. | positūrō | positūrīs |
| Acc. | positūrum | positūrōs |
| Abl. | positūrō | positūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | positus | positī |
| Gen. | positī | positōrum |
| Dat. | positō | positīs |
| Acc. | positum | positōs |
| Abl. | positō | positīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | pōnendus | pōnendī |
| Gen. | pōnendī | pōnendōrum |
| Dat. | pōnendō | pōnendīs |
| Acc. | pōnendum | pōnendōs |
| Abl. | pōnendō | pōnendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | pōnere | positum |
| Gen. | pōnendī | positū |
| Dat. | pōnendō | |
| Acc. | pōnendum | |
| Abl. | pōnendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 182.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1401.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pono-ponere-posui-positum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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