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Latin
Etymology
From ad- + pōnō (“put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
appōnō (present infinitive appōnere, perfect active apposuī, supine appositum); third conjugation
- to appoint, assign
- Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, lēgō, discrībō, elēgō, īnstituō, prōdō, cōnsociō, impertiō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, addīcō
- to place near, set before (on table), serve up, appose
- to put, apply, add to
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References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set food before a person: cibum apponere, ponere alicui
- to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere