impono

See also: impoño

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpōnō

Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on; into”) +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpoː.noː/, [ɪmˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpo.no/, [imˈpɔːno]

Verb

impōnō (present infinitive impōnere, perfect active imposuī, supine impositum); third conjugation

1. to place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon

   Synonyms: pono, colloco, loco, sisto, figo, constituo, statuo, defigo

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.453:

     [...] tūricremīs cum dōna impōneret ārīs [...].

     [...] when [Dido] would place her gifts upon the incense-burning altars [...].

2. (figuratively) to impose upon, put upon, lay upon, inflict upon, fix, put, enjoin

   Synonym: īnflīgō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.619:

     “‘Ēripe, nāte, fugam, fīnemque impōne labōrī.’”

     “‘Flee, my son! [Make your] escape, and put an end to your struggle.’”

3. (figuratively) to establish, fix, impose (e.g. a tax)

   Synonyms: constituo, statuo

Conjugation

   Conjugation of impōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impōnō	impōnis	impōnit	impōnimus	impōnitis	impōnunt
	imperfect	impōnēbam	impōnēbās	impōnēbat	impōnēbāmus	impōnēbātis	impōnēbant
	future	impōnam	impōnēs	impōnet	impōnēmus	impōnētis	impōnent
	perfect	imposuī	imposuistī	imposuit	imposuimus	imposuistis	imposuērunt, imposuēre
	pluperfect	imposueram	imposuerās	imposuerat	imposuerāmus	imposuerātis	imposuerant
	future perfect	imposuerō	imposueris	imposuerit	imposuerimus	imposueritis	imposuerint
passive	present	impōnor	impōneris, impōnere	impōnitur	impōnimur	impōniminī	impōnuntur
	imperfect	impōnēbar	impōnēbāris, impōnēbāre	impōnēbātur	impōnēbāmur	impōnēbāminī	impōnēbantur
	future	impōnar	impōnēris, impōnēre	impōnētur	impōnēmur	impōnēminī	impōnentur
	perfect	impositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impōnam	impōnās	impōnat	impōnāmus	impōnātis	impōnant
imperfect	impōnerem	impōnerēs	impōneret	impōnerēmus	impōnerētis	impōnerent
perfect	imposuerim	imposuerīs	imposuerit	imposuerīmus	imposuerītis	imposuerint
pluperfect	imposuissem	imposuissēs	imposuisset	imposuissēmus	imposuissētis	imposuissent
passive	present	impōnar	impōnāris, impōnāre	impōnātur	impōnāmur	impōnāminī	impōnantur
imperfect	impōnerer	impōnerēris, impōnerēre	impōnerētur	impōnerēmur	impōnerēminī	impōnerentur
perfect	impositus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	impositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impōne	—	—	impōnite	—
	future	—	impōnitō	impōnitō	—	impōnitōte	impōnuntō
passive	present	—	impōnere	—	—	impōniminī	—
	future	—	impōnitor	impōnitor	—	—	impōnuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impōnere	imposuisse	impositūrum esse	impōnī	impositum esse	impositum īrī
participles		impōnēns	—	impositūrus	—	impositus	impōnendus, impōnundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impōnendī	impōnendō	impōnendum	impōnendō	impositum	impositū

Descendants

• → Catalan: imposar (semi-learned)
• → Middle French: imposer (semi-learned) (partially)
  • French: imposer
  • → English: impose
• → Galician: impor, impoñer (semi-learned)
• → Italian: imporre (semi-learned)
• → Polish: imponować
• → Portuguese: impor (semi-learned)
• → Romanian: impune (semi-learned)
• Sicilian: mpùniri
• → Spanish: imponer (semi-learned)
• → Basque: inposatu
• → English: impone
• → Danish: imponere
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: imponere
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: imponera

References

• “impono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to place on the funeral-pyre: aliquem in rogum imponere
    
  • to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: finem imponere, afferre, constituere alicui rei
    
  • to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
    
  • to lay the yoke of slavery on some one: alicui servitutem iniungere, imponere
    
  • to impose tribute on some one: vectigalia, tributa alicui imponere
    
  • to embark an army: exercitum in naves imponere (Liv. 22. 19)
    
• impono in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016