oppono Latin · revision 7251

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [opˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oppōnō''' (present infinitive oppōnere, perfect active opposuī or opposīvī, supine oppositum or oppostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] “against” and [[pōnō]] “to put”, and is also spelled ⟨obpōnō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Plautus and Caecilius have a perfect ⟨opposīvī⟩, and Lucretius a syncopated ⟨oppostus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of pledging something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place over or against, as Ovid's hand before the eyes, to apply a dressing, and to offer something for acceptance.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to expose to forces or dangers, to put in the way as an obstacle, to put in front as a screen, and to station troops against an enemy, as in Cicero and Caesar.^(OLD 2012) It meant to set someone in opposition, to object, retort, to set one thing against another in value, and in Varro to put words in antithesis.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it meant to pledge, pawn, and to stake at gaming.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to set against, oppose, expose.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''oposer'' it gave [[en|oppose]] in the late 14th century, and its participle ''oppositus'' gave [[en|opposite]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of pledging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of obstacles and of objecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of military works.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''oppose'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To place against or before; to offer.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To expose to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put in the way, interpose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To station against the enemy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|oppose]]; to object.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set against, contrast.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pledge, pawn; to stake.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oppositiō]]

+ * [[oppositus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|oppose]]

+ * [[en|opposite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}