praepono

Found in Late Latin. From prae- +‎ pōnō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈpoː.noː/, [präe̯ˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈpo.no/, [preˈpɔːno]

praepōnō (present infinitive praepōnere, perfect active praeposuī, supine praepositum); third conjugation

1. to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent, to place at the head of, intrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as

   Synonym: praeficiō

2. to prefer

   Synonyms: antevertō, anteferō, praeoptō, praeferō, mālō

• I put X (accusative) in front of Y (dative).

Me tibi praepono - I put me in front of you

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• English: prepose
• French: préposer
• Italian: preporre
• Occitan: prepausar
• Portuguese: prepor
• Romanian: prepune
• Sicilian: pripùniri
• Spanish: preponer

• “praepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praepono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praepono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
    
• praepono in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016