postpono

Latin

Etymology

From post- +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /postˈpoː.noː/, [pɔs̠(t̪)ˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /postˈpo.no/, [post̪ˈpɔːno]

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.