expono

See also: expoño

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈspoː.noː/, [ɛkˈs̠poːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspo.no/, [ekˈspɔːno]

Verb

expōnō (present infinitive expōnere, perfect active exposuī, supine expositum); third conjugation

1. to expose, exhibit, display, set out

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, gerō, prōdō, prōferō, prōpōnō, prōtrahō, acclārō, vulgō, profiteor, indicō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

2. to explain

   Synonym: explicō

3. to set forth

   Synonyms: praebeō, offerō, praeferō, prōpōnō, prōdūcō, summittō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of expōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expōnō		expōnis		expōnit		expōnimus		expōnitis		expōnunt
	imperfect	expōnēbam		expōnēbās		expōnēbat		expōnēbāmus		expōnēbātis		expōnēbant
	future	expōnam		expōnēs		expōnet		expōnēmus		expōnētis		expōnent
	perfect	exposuī		exposuistī		exposuit		exposuimus		exposuistis		exposuērunt, exposuēre
	pluperfect	exposueram		exposuerās		exposuerat		exposuerāmus		exposuerātis		exposuerant
	future perfect	exposuerō		exposueris		exposuerit		exposuerimus		exposueritis		exposuerint
passive	present	expōnor		expōneris, expōnere		expōnitur		expōnimur		expōniminī		expōnuntur
	imperfect	expōnēbar		expōnēbāris, expōnēbāre		expōnēbātur		expōnēbāmur		expōnēbāminī		expōnēbantur
	future	expōnar		expōnēris, expōnēre		expōnētur		expōnēmur		expōnēminī		expōnentur
	perfect	expositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expōnam		expōnās		expōnat		expōnāmus		expōnātis		expōnant
	imperfect	expōnerem		expōnerēs		expōneret		expōnerēmus		expōnerētis		expōnerent
	perfect	exposuerim		exposuerīs		exposuerit		exposuerīmus		exposuerītis		exposuerint
	pluperfect	exposuissem		exposuissēs		exposuisset		exposuissēmus		exposuissētis		exposuissent
passive	present	expōnar		expōnāris, expōnāre		expōnātur		expōnāmur		expōnāminī		expōnantur
	imperfect	expōnerer		expōnerēris, expōnerēre		expōnerētur		expōnerēmur		expōnerēminī		expōnerentur
	perfect	expositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		expōne		—		—		expōnite		—
	future	—		expōnitō		expōnitō		—		expōnitōte		expōnuntō
passive	present	—		expōnere		—		—		expōniminī		—
	future	—		expōnitor		expōnitor		—		—		expōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		expōnere			expōnī			expōnēns			—
future		expositūrum esse			expositum īrī			expositūrus			expōnendus, expōnundus
perfect		exposuisse			expositum esse			—			expositus
future perfect		—			expositum fore			—			—
perfect potential		expositūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		expōnendī		expōnendō		expōnendum		expōnendō		expositum		expositū

Descendants

• Aromanian: spun, spuniri
• Catalan: exposar
• English: expose, expound, expone
• Esperanto: eksponi
• French: exposer, épondre
• Galician: expoñer, expor
• Italian: esporre, sporre
• Old French: espondre
• Piedmontese: espon-e
• Portuguese: expor
• Romanian: spune, spunere, expune
• Sicilian: espùniri, spùniri
• Spanish: exponer
• Welsh: esbonio

References

• “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    
  • to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    
  • to give an account of a thing (either orally or in writing): exponere aliquid or de aliqua re
    
  • to give an account of a man's life: vitam alicuius exponere
    
  • to make a character-sketch of a person: de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponere
    
  • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    
  • to dwell only on the main points: summatim aliquid exponere
    
  • to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    
  • to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere