postpono

Latin

Etymology

From post- +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to postpone
  2. to neglect or disregard

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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives postpōnere postposuisse postpositūrum esse postpōnī postpositum esse postpositum īrī
participles postpōnēns — postpositūrus — postpositus postpōnendus,
postpōnundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
postpōnendī postpōnendō postpōnendum postpōnendō postpositum postpositū

Descendants
  • English: postpone
  • French: postposer
  • Italian: posporre
  • 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.
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