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Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“against”) + pōnō (“put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
oppōnō (present infinitive oppōnere, perfect active opposuī, supine oppositum); third conjugation
- to set against
- Synonyms: obiectō, obiciō
- to oppose, object
- Synonyms: adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, vetō, obstō
Conjugation
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References
- “oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oppono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to object, to adduce in contradiction: opponere alicui aliquid