appositus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of appōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [apˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]

Participle

appositus (feminine apposita, neuter appositum); first/second-declension participle

1. appointed, assigned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	appositus	apposita	appositum		appositī	appositae	apposita
genitive	appositī	appositae	appositī		appositōrum	appositārum	appositōrum
dative	appositō	appositae	appositō		appositīs
accusative	appositum	appositam	appositum		appositōs	appositās	apposita
ablative	appositō	appositā	appositō		appositīs
vocative	apposite	apposita	appositum		appositī	appositae	apposita

Adjective

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

1. adjacent, near
2. appropriate, apt

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	appositus	apposita	appositum		appositī	appositae	apposita
genitive	appositī	appositae	appositī		appositōrum	appositārum	appositōrum
dative	appositō	appositae	appositō		appositīs
accusative	appositum	appositam	appositum		appositōs	appositās	apposita
ablative	appositō	appositā	appositō		appositīs
vocative	apposite	apposita	appositum		appositī	appositae	apposita

Derived terms

• perappositus

Descendants

• Galician: aposto
• Italian: apposto, apposito
• Portuguese: aposto
• Spanish: apuesto

References

• “appositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “appositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "appositus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “appositus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.