Latin dictionary · verb

pōnō

to place; to put; to lay

Dictionary forms: pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positum

Inflection: third conjugation

Meaning and definitions

1. to place; to put; to lay
2. to ordain; to appoint; to make (something)
3. to set up; to pitch (camp)
4. to put away; to leave off; to dismiss; to forego; to lay down; to surrender
5. to posit; to offer; to assume; to suppose; to depict
6. to drop; to shed; to let fall

Connected roots

• pos-

  placing, putting

Explore the word family

These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• deposit

  a sum of money placed in a bank; a layer of material

• expose

  to make visible by uncovering; to reveal

• compose

  to create a work of art, especially music or writing

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