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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *po-sine/o-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''praepōnō''' (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī or praeposīvī, supine praepositum or praepostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Plautus has the perfect ''praeposīvī'', and Lucretius the syncopated ''praeposta''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prae-|pōnō|t2=to put, place]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨pōnō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*po-sine/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus, of preferring, and Cato, of putting in charge.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to place in front, prefix, as in Cicero's ''pauca praepōnam'' “I will say a few things first”; to lay down in advance, as in Lucretius; to prefer, rate more highly, as in Plautus; and to set over, put in charge of, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to place before, prefer, entrust with.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''preporre'' and Spanish ''preponer''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of preferring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of putting in charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of placing in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To place in front, [[m|en|prefix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To lay down in advance.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|prefer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # To put in charge (of).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praepositiō]]
+ * [[praepositiuus]]
+ * [[praepositura]]
+ * [[praepositus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[pōnō]]
+ * [[en|prepose]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}