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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		oppōnere	opposuisse	oppositūrum esse	oppōnī	oppositum esse	oppositum īrī
participles		oppōnēns	—	oppositūrus	—	oppositus	oppōnendus, oppōnundus
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