appositus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of appōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /apˈpo.si.tus/, [äpˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /apˈpo.si.tus/, [äpˈpɔːs̬it̪us]

Participle

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

1. appointed, assigned

Declension

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

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

1. adjacent, near
2. appropriate, apt

Declension

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

• perappositus

Descendants

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

References

• “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.