suppono Latin · revision 7724

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suppōnō''' (present infinitive suppōnere, perfect active supposuī or supposīvī, supine suppositum or suppostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sub-]] “under” and [[pōnō]] “to put”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Plautus and Terence have the perfect ⟨supposīvī⟩, and Virgil the participle ⟨suppostus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of substitution and of supposititious children, and Cato, of placing beneath.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to put under, as in Cato and Cicero's duck eggs set under hens, in Ovid ''terrae suppōnere'' to bury, and to place beneath to support.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ovid it meant to apply from below, especially fire, and a suppository, to subject to the mind, and to place under someone's authority.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to expose to a hazard, to place under a heading, and to append in writing.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to substitute, and in Terence to introduce fraudulently, especially a supposititious child.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to put under, substitute, falsify, forge, suppose, presuppose.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''supporre'', French ''supposer'' and Spanish ''suponer'', and Old French ''suposer'' gave [[en|suppose]] about 1300.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of placing beneath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of setting eggs under hens.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''suppose'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put under; to bury; to place beneath as support.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To apply from below; to apply as a [[m|en|suppository]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set under (eggs, young); to subject to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make subject; to expose; to subordinate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To append.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|substitute]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To introduce fraudulently; to pass off (a child).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|suppose]], presuppose.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suppositīcius]]

+ * [[suppositiō]]

+ * [[suppositorius]]

+ * [[suppostor]]

+ * [[suppostrix]]

+ * [[suppositōrium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|suppose]]

+ * [[en|suppository]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}