depono

See also: depoño

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈpoː.noː/, [d̪eːˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpo.no/, [d̪eˈpɔːno]

Verb

dēpōnō (present infinitive dēpōnere, perfect active dēposuī, supine dēpositum); third conjugation

1. to lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit
2. to resign, get rid of, give up
3. to wager, stake, bet
4. to entrust, commit to, deposit
5. (from an office) to depose

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēpōnō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēpōnō	dēpōnis	dēpōnit	dēpōnimus	dēpōnitis	dēpōnunt
	imperfect	dēpōnēbam	dēpōnēbās	dēpōnēbat	dēpōnēbāmus	dēpōnēbātis	dēpōnēbant
	future	dēpōnam	dēpōnēs	dēpōnet	dēpōnēmus	dēpōnētis	dēpōnent
	perfect	dēposuī	dēposuistī	dēposuit	dēposuimus	dēposuistis	dēposuērunt, dēposuēre
	pluperfect	dēposueram	dēposuerās	dēposuerat	dēposuerāmus	dēposuerātis	dēposuerant
	future perfect	dēposuerō	dēposueris	dēposuerit	dēposuerimus	dēposueritis	dēposuerint
passive	present	dēpōnor	dēpōneris, dēpōnere	dēpōnitur	dēpōnimur	dēpōniminī	dēpōnuntur
	imperfect	dēpōnēbar	dēpōnēbāris, dēpōnēbāre	dēpōnēbātur	dēpōnēbāmur	dēpōnēbāminī	dēpōnēbantur
	future	dēpōnar	dēpōnēris, dēpōnēre	dēpōnētur	dēpōnēmur	dēpōnēminī	dēpōnentur
	perfect	dēpositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēpositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēpositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēpōnam	dēpōnās	dēpōnat	dēpōnāmus	dēpōnātis	dēpōnant
	imperfect	dēpōnerem	dēpōnerēs	dēpōneret	dēpōnerēmus	dēpōnerētis	dēpōnerent
	perfect	dēposuerim	dēposuerīs	dēposuerit	dēposuerīmus	dēposuerītis	dēposuerint
	pluperfect	dēposuissem	dēposuissēs	dēposuisset	dēposuissēmus	dēposuissētis	dēposuissent
passive	present	dēpōnar	dēpōnāris, dēpōnāre	dēpōnātur	dēpōnāmur	dēpōnāminī	dēpōnantur
	imperfect	dēpōnerer	dēpōnerēris, dēpōnerēre	dēpōnerētur	dēpōnerēmur	dēpōnerēminī	dēpōnerentur
	perfect	dēpositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēpositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēpōne	—	—	dēpōnite	—
	future	—	dēpōnitō	dēpōnitō	—	dēpōnitōte	dēpōnuntō
passive	present	—	dēpōnere	—	—	dēpōniminī	—
	future	—	dēpōnitor	dēpōnitor	—	—	dēpōnuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēpōnere	dēposuisse	dēpositūrum esse	dēpōnī	dēpositum esse	dēpositum īrī
participles		dēpōnēns	—	dēpositūrus	—	dēpositus	dēpōnendus, dēpōnundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēpōnendī	dēpōnendō	dēpōnendum	dēpōnendō	dēpositum	dēpositū

Derived terms

• dēpōnefaciō
• dēpositiō
• dēpositīvus
• dēpositor
• dēpositum
• dēpositus

Related terms

Related terms

• antepōnō
• appōnō
• circumpōnō
• compōnō
• contrāpōnō
• dēpositārius
• dispōnō
• expōnō
• impōnō
• interpōnō
• oppōnō
• pōnō
• postpōnō
• praepōnō
• prōpōnō
• repōnō
• superpōnō
• suppōnō
• trānspōnō

Descendants

• Aromanian: dipun, dipuniri
• Catalan: deposar (partially)
• → Middle Dutch: deponeren
  • Dutch: deponeren
• → English: depone, depose (partially), deposit, deponent
• French: depondre, déposer (partially), dépôter, déponent
• Friulian: deponi
• → German: deponieren
• Galician: depoñer, depor
• → Icelandic: deponenssögn
• Italian: deporre, diporre
• Portuguese: depor
• Romanian: depune
• Sicilian: dipòniri
• Spanish: deponer, desponer, depositar (through depositus)
• Venetian: depóner, depònar

References

• “depono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “depono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• depono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lay aside one's differences: inimicitias deponere
    
  • to amend, correct one's mistake: errorem deponere, corrigere
    
  • to let a plan fall through: consilium abicere or deponere
    
  • to picture to oneself again: memoriam alicuius rei repraesentare (opp. memoriam alicuius rei deponere, abicere)
    
  • to banish grief: dolorem abicere, deponere, depellere
    
  • to lay aside one's grief: luctum deponere (Phil. 14. 13. 34)
    
  • to give up hoping: spem abicere, deponere
    
  • to lay down one's power: imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)
    
  • to give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office): deponere magistratum
    
  • to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): arma ponere (not deponere)