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impositurus

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Latin

Etymology

Future active participle of impōnō.

Participle

impositūrus (feminine impositūra, neuter impositūrum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (being) about to put, set, lay, place in or upon
  2. (being) about to impose, establish
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.857–858:
      urbs oritur (quis tunc hoc ūllī crēdere posset?)
      victōrem terrīs impositūrā pedem
      A city arises (who at that time could have believed this tale from anyone?), being about to impose her victorious foot upon the lands.
      (The poet foreshadows the eventual dominion of the Roman Empire now that Romulus has founded the city of Rome.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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