oppugno

See also: oppugnò

Italian

Verb

oppugno

first-person singular present indicative of oppugnare

Latin

Alternative forms

obpugnō

Etymology

From ob- +‎ pugnō (“fight, struggle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /opˈpuɡ.noː/, [ɔpˈpʊŋnoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /opˈpuɲ.ɲo/, [opˈpuɲːo]

Verb

oppugnō (present infinitive oppugnāre, perfect active oppugnāvī, supine oppugnātum); first conjugation

to attack, assault, storm, besiege
Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, invehō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, inruō, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, incidō, arripiō, assiliō, incessō, lacessō

Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

Cum mīlitēs Troiam oppugnārent, fēminae urbem dēfendērunt.
When the soldiers were attacking Troy, the women defended the city.

Conjugation

Conjugation of oppugnō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	oppugnō	oppugnās		oppugnat	oppugnāmus	oppugnātis		oppugnant
	imperfect	oppugnābam	oppugnābās		oppugnābat	oppugnābāmus	oppugnābātis		oppugnābant
	future	oppugnābō	oppugnābis		oppugnābit	oppugnābimus	oppugnābitis		oppugnābunt
	perfect	oppugnāvī	oppugnāvistī, oppugnāstī²		oppugnāvit, oppugnāt²	oppugnāvimus, oppugnāmus²	oppugnāvistis, oppugnāstis²		oppugnāvērunt, oppugnārunt, oppugnāvēre²
	pluperfect	oppugnāveram, oppugnāram²	oppugnāverās, oppugnārās²		oppugnāverat, oppugnārat²	oppugnāverāmus, oppugnārāmus²	oppugnāverātis, oppugnārātis²		oppugnāverant, oppugnārant²
	future perfect	oppugnāverō, oppugnārō²	oppugnāveris, oppugnāris²		oppugnāverit, oppugnārit²	oppugnāverimus, oppugnārimus²	oppugnāveritis, oppugnāritis²		oppugnāverint, oppugnārint²
	sigmatic future¹	oppugnāssō	oppugnāssis		oppugnāssit	oppugnāssimus	oppugnāssitis		oppugnāssint
passive	present	oppugnor	oppugnāris, oppugnāre		oppugnātur	oppugnāmur	oppugnāminī		oppugnantur
	imperfect	oppugnābar	oppugnābāris, oppugnābāre		oppugnābātur	oppugnābāmur	oppugnābāminī		oppugnābantur
	future	oppugnābor	oppugnāberis, oppugnābere		oppugnābitur	oppugnābimur	oppugnābiminī		oppugnābuntur
	perfect	oppugnātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oppugnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oppugnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	oppugnem	oppugnēs		oppugnet	oppugnēmus	oppugnētis		oppugnent
	imperfect	oppugnārem	oppugnārēs		oppugnāret	oppugnārēmus	oppugnārētis		oppugnārent
	perfect	oppugnāverim, oppugnārim²	oppugnāverīs, oppugnārīs²		oppugnāverit, oppugnārit²	oppugnāverīmus, oppugnārīmus²	oppugnāverītis, oppugnārītis²		oppugnāverint, oppugnārint²
	pluperfect	oppugnāvissem, oppugnāssem²	oppugnāvissēs, oppugnāssēs²		oppugnāvisset, oppugnāsset²	oppugnāvissēmus, oppugnāssēmus²	oppugnāvissētis, oppugnāssētis²		oppugnāvissent, oppugnāssent²
	sigmatic aorist¹	oppugnāssim	oppugnāssīs		oppugnāssīt	oppugnāssīmus	oppugnāssītis		oppugnāssint
passive	present	oppugner	oppugnēris, oppugnēre		oppugnētur	oppugnēmur	oppugnēminī		oppugnentur
	imperfect	oppugnārer	oppugnārēris, oppugnārēre		oppugnārētur	oppugnārēmur	oppugnārēminī		oppugnārentur
	perfect	oppugnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oppugnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	oppugnā		—	—	oppugnāte		—
active	future	—	oppugnātō		oppugnātō	—	oppugnātōte		oppugnantō
passive	present	—	oppugnāre		—	—	oppugnāminī		—
passive	future	—	oppugnātor		oppugnātor	—	—		oppugnantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		oppugnāre		oppugnārī		oppugnāns		—
future		oppugnātūrum esse		oppugnātum īrī		oppugnātūrus		oppugnandus
perfect		oppugnāvisse, oppugnāsse²		oppugnātum esse		—		oppugnātus
future perfect		—		oppugnātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		oppugnātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		oppugnandī	oppugnandō		oppugnandum	oppugnandō	oppugnātum		oppugnātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

pugnō

Descendants

Catalan: opugnar
English: oppugn
French: oppugner
Galician: opugnar
Italian: oppugnare
Portuguese: opugnar
Spanish: opugnar

References

“oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“oppugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
oppugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
- to storm a town: oppidum oppugnare