postpono

Latin

Etymology

From post- +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔs(t)ˈpoː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [postˈpɔː.no]

Verb

postpōnō (present infinitive postpōnere, perfect active postposuī, supine postpositum); third conjugation

1. to place after: a (in order of importance); b (of order within a text)
2. to rate lower or behind, to treat as of secondary importance
3. to set aside a person or act
4. to turn aside (from)
5. to neglect or disregard
6. to disparage, belittle
7. to postpone

Conjugation

   Conjugation of postpōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	postpōnō		postpōnis		postpōnit		postpōnimus		postpōnitis		postpōnunt
	imperfect	postpōnēbam		postpōnēbās		postpōnēbat		postpōnēbāmus		postpōnēbātis		postpōnēbant
	future	postpōnam		postpōnēs		postpōnet		postpōnēmus		postpōnētis		postpōnent
	perfect	postposuī		postposuistī		postposuit		postposuimus		postposuistis		postposuērunt, postposuēre
	pluperfect	postposueram		postposuerās		postposuerat		postposuerāmus		postposuerātis		postposuerant
	future perfect	postposuerō		postposueris		postposuerit		postposuerimus		postposueritis		postposuerint
passive	present	postpōnor		postpōneris, postpōnere		postpōnitur		postpōnimur		postpōniminī		postpōnuntur
	imperfect	postpōnēbar		postpōnēbāris, postpōnēbāre		postpōnēbātur		postpōnēbāmur		postpōnēbāminī		postpōnēbantur
	future	postpōnar		postpōnēris, postpōnēre		postpōnētur		postpōnēmur		postpōnēminī		postpōnentur
	perfect	postpositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	postpositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	postpositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	postpōnam		postpōnās		postpōnat		postpōnāmus		postpōnātis		postpōnant
	imperfect	postpōnerem		postpōnerēs		postpōneret		postpōnerēmus		postpōnerētis		postpōnerent
	perfect	postposuerim		postposuerīs		postposuerit		postposuerīmus		postposuerītis		postposuerint
	pluperfect	postposuissem		postposuissēs		postposuisset		postposuissēmus		postposuissētis		postposuissent
passive	present	postpōnar		postpōnāris, postpōnāre		postpōnātur		postpōnāmur		postpōnāminī		postpōnantur
	imperfect	postpōnerer		postpōnerēris, postpōnerēre		postpōnerētur		postpōnerēmur		postpōnerēminī		postpōnerentur
	perfect	postpositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	postpositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		postpōne		—		—		postpōnite		—
	future	—		postpōnitō		postpōnitō		—		postpōnitōte		postpōnuntō
passive	present	—		postpōnere		—		—		postpōniminī		—
	future	—		postpōnitor		postpōnitor		—		—		postpōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		postpōnere			postpōnī			postpōnēns			—
future		postpositūrum esse			postpositum īrī			postpositūrus			postpōnendus, postpōnundus
perfect		postposuisse			postpositum esse			—			postpositus
future perfect		—			postpositum fore			—			—
perfect potential		postpositūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		postpōnendī		postpōnendō		postpōnendum		postpōnendō		postpositum		postpositū

Descendants

• English: postpone
• French: postposer
• Italian: posporre
• Polish: postponować
• Portuguese: pospor
• Romanian: postpune
• Sicilian: postpùniri
• Spanish: posponer

References

• “postpono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “postpono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “postpono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• https://logeion.uchicago.edu/postponere
• https://outils.biblissima.fr/en/collatinus-web/
• https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=postpono