Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From sub- (under) +‎ pōnō (put, place).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

suppōnō (present infinitive suppōnere, perfect active supposuī, supine suppositum); third conjugation

  1. to put, place under
    Synonyms: suggerō, summittō, sufferō, subiciō
  2. to subject (to)
  3. to falsify
    Synonym: intercīdō
  4. to add to
  5. to substitute
    Synonyms: substituō, succēdō, subiciō, subrogō

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of suppōnō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suppōnō suppōnis suppōnit suppōnimus suppōnitis suppōnunt
imperfect suppōnēbam suppōnēbās suppōnēbat suppōnēbāmus suppōnēbātis suppōnēbant
future suppōnam suppōnēs suppōnet suppōnēmus suppōnētis suppōnent
perfect supposuī supposuistī supposuit supposuimus supposuistis supposuērunt,
supposuēre
pluperfect supposueram supposuerās supposuerat supposuerāmus supposuerātis supposuerant
future perfect supposuerō supposueris supposuerit supposuerimus supposueritis supposuerint
passive present suppōnor suppōneris,
suppōnere
suppōnitur suppōnimur suppōniminī suppōnuntur
imperfect suppōnēbar suppōnēbāris,
suppōnēbāre
suppōnēbātur suppōnēbāmur suppōnēbāminī suppōnēbantur
future suppōnar suppōnēris,
suppōnēre
suppōnētur suppōnēmur suppōnēminī suppōnentur
perfect suppositus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect suppositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect suppositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suppōnam suppōnās suppōnat suppōnāmus suppōnātis suppōnant
imperfect suppōnerem suppōnerēs suppōneret suppōnerēmus suppōnerētis suppōnerent
perfect supposuerim supposuerīs supposuerit supposuerīmus supposuerītis supposuerint
pluperfect supposuissem supposuissēs supposuisset supposuissēmus supposuissētis supposuissent
passive present suppōnar suppōnāris,
suppōnāre
suppōnātur suppōnāmur suppōnāminī suppōnantur
imperfect suppōnerer suppōnerēris,
suppōnerēre
suppōnerētur suppōnerēmur suppōnerēminī suppōnerentur
perfect suppositus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect suppositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suppōne suppōnite
future suppōnitō suppōnitō suppōnitōte suppōnuntō
passive present suppōnere suppōniminī
future suppōnitor suppōnitor suppōnuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives suppōnere supposuisse suppositūrum esse suppōnī suppositum esse suppositum īrī
participles suppōnēns suppositūrus suppositus suppōnendus,
suppōnundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
suppōnendī suppōnendō suppōnendum suppōnendō suppositum suppositū

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: suposar (partially)
  • English: suppose
  • French: supposer (partially)
  • Italian: supporre
  • Portuguese: supor
  • Romanian: supune, supunere
  • Spanish: suponer

References edit

  • suppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suppono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to produce a false will: testamentum subicere, supponere