Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ob- (against) +‎ pōnō (put).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

oppōnō (present infinitive oppōnere, perfect active opposuī, supine oppositum); third conjugation

  1. to set against
    Synonyms: obiectō, obiciō
  2. to oppose, object
    Synonyms: adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, vetō, obstō

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of oppōnō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oppōnō oppōnis oppōnit oppōnimus oppōnitis oppōnunt
imperfect oppōnēbam oppōnēbās oppōnēbat oppōnēbāmus oppōnēbātis oppōnēbant
future oppōnam oppōnēs oppōnet oppōnēmus oppōnētis oppōnent
perfect opposuī opposuistī opposuit opposuimus opposuistis opposuērunt,
opposuēre
pluperfect opposueram opposuerās opposuerat opposuerāmus opposuerātis opposuerant
future perfect opposuerō opposueris opposuerit opposuerimus opposueritis opposuerint
passive present oppōnor oppōneris,
oppōnere
oppōnitur oppōnimur oppōniminī oppōnuntur
imperfect oppōnēbar oppōnēbāris,
oppōnēbāre
oppōnēbātur oppōnēbāmur oppōnēbāminī oppōnēbantur
future oppōnar oppōnēris,
oppōnēre
oppōnētur oppōnēmur oppōnēminī oppōnentur
perfect oppositus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect oppositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect oppositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oppōnam oppōnās oppōnat oppōnāmus oppōnātis oppōnant
imperfect oppōnerem oppōnerēs oppōneret oppōnerēmus oppōnerētis oppōnerent
perfect opposuerim opposuerīs opposuerit opposuerīmus opposuerītis opposuerint
pluperfect opposuissem opposuissēs opposuisset opposuissēmus opposuissētis opposuissent
passive present oppōnar oppōnāris,
oppōnāre
oppōnātur oppōnāmur oppōnāminī oppōnantur
imperfect oppōnerer oppōnerēris,
oppōnerēre
oppōnerētur oppōnerēmur oppōnerēminī oppōnerentur
perfect oppositus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect oppositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oppōne oppōnite
future oppōnitō oppōnitō oppōnitōte oppōnuntō
passive present oppōnere oppōniminī
future oppōnitor oppōnitor oppōnuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives oppōnere opposuisse oppositūrum esse oppōnī oppositum esse oppositum īrī
participles oppōnēns oppositūrus oppositus oppōnendus,
oppōnundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
oppōnendī oppōnendō oppōnendum oppōnendō oppositum oppositū

Descendants edit

References edit

  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to object, to adduce in contradiction: opponere alicui aliquid