appositus Latin · revision 9888

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=itc-pro *po-sine/o-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [apˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [apˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''appositus''' (feminine apposita, neuter appositum, comparative appositior, superlative appositissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[appōnō]] “to place near”, from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨pōnō⟩ from ⟨*po-sinō⟩ “to put down”.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucilius, of what lies near.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant situated near or opposite, adjacent, as in Curtius' ''regiō urbī apposita''; suitable, apt, fit, as in Varro and Cicero; of persons inclined towards; and of an argument, based on comparisons, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+

+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant appropriate, suitable, fit.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''apposito'' and ''apposto'' and Spanish ''apuesto''.^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of suitability.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of arguments.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Situated near, [[m|en|adjacent]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Suitable, [[m|en|apt]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of persons)'' Inclined towards.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of an argument)'' Based on comparisons.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perappositus]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appōnō]]

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[appositiō]]

+

+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate fourth-declension noun ''appositus'', found only in the ablative in post-Augustan prose, is a medical term, the application of a remedy, as in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}