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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on; into”) + pōnō (“place, put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
impōnō (present infinitive impōnere, perfect active imposuī, supine impositum); third conjugation
- to place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon
- Synonyms: pono, colloco, loco, sisto, figo, constituo, statuo, defigo
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.453:
- tūricremīs cum dōna impōneret ārīs .
- when would place her gifts upon the incense-burning altars .
- (figuratively) to impose upon, put upon, lay upon, inflict upon, fix, put, enjoin
- Synonym: īnflīgō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.619:
- “‘Ēripe, nāte, fugam, fīnemque impōne labōrī.’”
- “‘Flee, my son! escape, and put an end to your struggle.’”
- (figuratively) to establish, fix, impose (e.g. a tax)
- Synonyms: constituo, statuo
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “impono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to place on the funeral-pyre: aliquem in rogum imponere
- to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: finem imponere, afferre, constituere alicui rei
- to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
- to lay the yoke of slavery on some one: alicui servitutem iniungere, imponere
- to impose tribute on some one: vectigalia, tributa alicui imponere
- to embark an army: exercitum in naves imponere (Liv. 22. 19)
- impono in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016