oppono

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“against”) +‎ pōnō (“put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /opˈpoː.noː/, [ɔpˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /opˈpo.no/, [opˈpɔːno]

Verb

oppōnō (present infinitive oppōnere, perfect active opposuī, supine oppositum); third conjugation

1. to set against

   Synonyms: obiectō, obiciō

2. to oppose, object

   Synonyms: adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, vetō, obstō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of oppōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	oppōnō		oppōnis		oppōnit		oppōnimus		oppōnitis		oppōnunt
	imperfect	oppōnēbam		oppōnēbās		oppōnēbat		oppōnēbāmus		oppōnēbātis		oppōnēbant
	future	oppōnam		oppōnēs		oppōnet		oppōnēmus		oppōnētis		oppōnent
	perfect	opposuī		opposuistī		opposuit		opposuimus		opposuistis		opposuērunt, opposuēre
	pluperfect	opposueram		opposuerās		opposuerat		opposuerāmus		opposuerātis		opposuerant
	future perfect	opposuerō		opposueris		opposuerit		opposuerimus		opposueritis		opposuerint
passive	present	oppōnor		oppōneris, oppōnere		oppōnitur		oppōnimur		oppōniminī		oppōnuntur
	imperfect	oppōnēbar		oppōnēbāris, oppōnēbāre		oppōnēbātur		oppōnēbāmur		oppōnēbāminī		oppōnēbantur
	future	oppōnar		oppōnēris, oppōnēre		oppōnētur		oppōnēmur		oppōnēminī		oppōnentur
	perfect	oppositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oppositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oppositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	oppōnam		oppōnās		oppōnat		oppōnāmus		oppōnātis		oppōnant
	imperfect	oppōnerem		oppōnerēs		oppōneret		oppōnerēmus		oppōnerētis		oppōnerent
	perfect	opposuerim		opposuerīs		opposuerit		opposuerīmus		opposuerītis		opposuerint
	pluperfect	opposuissem		opposuissēs		opposuisset		opposuissēmus		opposuissētis		opposuissent
passive	present	oppōnar		oppōnāris, oppōnāre		oppōnātur		oppōnāmur		oppōnāminī		oppōnantur
	imperfect	oppōnerer		oppōnerēris, oppōnerēre		oppōnerētur		oppōnerēmur		oppōnerēminī		oppōnerentur
	perfect	oppositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oppositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		oppōne		—		—		oppōnite		—
	future	—		oppōnitō		oppōnitō		—		oppōnitōte		oppōnuntō
passive	present	—		oppōnere		—		—		oppōniminī		—
	future	—		oppōnitor		oppōnitor		—		—		oppōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		oppōnere			oppōnī			oppōnēns			—
future		oppositūrum esse			oppositum īrī			oppositūrus			oppōnendus, oppōnundus
perfect		opposuisse			oppositum esse			—			oppositus
future perfect		—			oppositum fore			—			—
perfect potential		oppositūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		oppōnendī		oppōnendō		oppōnendum		oppōnendō		oppositum		oppositū

Descendants

• Catalan: oposar (calque)
• → Finnish: opponoida
• French: opposer (partially)
  • → English: oppose
• Galician: opoñer, opor
• → German: opponieren
• Interlingua: opponer
• Italian: opporre
• Portuguese: opor
• Romanian: opune
• Sicilian: appùniri (obsolete), uppùniri
• Spanish: oponer

References

• “oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oppono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oppono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to object, to adduce in contradiction: opponere alicui aliquid