Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of appōnō.

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

appositus (feminine apposita, neuter appositum); first/second-declension participle

  1. appointed, assigned

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative appositus apposita appositum appositī appositae apposita
Genitive appositī appositae appositī appositōrum appositārum appositōrum
Dative appositō appositō appositīs
Accusative appositum appositam appositum appositōs appositās apposita
Ablative appositō appositā appositō appositīs
Vocative apposite apposita appositum appositī appositae apposita

Adjective edit

appositus (feminine apposita, neuter appositum, comparative appositior, superlative appositissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adjacent, near
  2. appropriate, apt

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative appositus apposita appositum appositī appositae apposita
Genitive appositī appositae appositī appositōrum appositārum appositōrum
Dative appositō appositō appositīs
Accusative appositum appositam appositum appositōs appositās apposita
Ablative appositō appositā appositō appositīs
Vocative apposite apposita appositum appositī appositae apposita

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Galician: aposto
  • Italian: apposto
  • Portuguese: aposto
  • Spanish: apuesto

References edit

  • appositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appositus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • appositus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.