appono Latin · revision 8473

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''appōnō''' (present infinitive appōnere, perfect active apposuī or apposīvī, supine appositum or appostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adpōnō'', and Plautus has the perfect ''apposīvī''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[pōnō]] “to put”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of serving food.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to serve food or drink, to set down, and to add, as in Plautus, and in Cicero to set alongside, to bring to bear, and to appoint someone, as a guard.^(OLD 2012) In Columella it meant to put on, apply medicine, in Terence to reckon, attribute, and in Quintilian to apply as a description.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to put to, add to, do unto, set, place.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''apporre'', French ''apposer'' and Spanish ''aponer'', and [[en|appose]] comes from French ''apposer'' or was formed in English.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of reckoning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of setting alongside.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set near.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To serve (food).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set down; to apply.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To add.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To assign, appoint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To reckon, attribute.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[appositiō]]

+ * [[appositum]]

+ * [[appositus]]

+ * [[perappositus]]

+ * [[appositē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|appose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}