expono

See also: expoño

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ pōnō (“place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspoː.noː/, [ɛkˈs̠poːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspo.no/, [ekˈspɔːno]

Verb

expōnō (present infinitive expōnere, perfect active exposuī, supine expositum); third conjugation

1. to expose, exhibit, display, set out

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, gerō, prōdō, prōferō, prōpōnō, prōtrahō, acclārō, vulgō, profiteor, indicō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

2. to explain

   Synonym: explicō

3. to set forth

   Synonyms: praebeō, offerō, praeferō, prōpōnō, prōdūcō, summittō

Conjugation

Conjugation of expōnō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expōnō	expōnis	expōnit	expōnimus	expōnitis	expōnunt
	imperfect	expōnēbam	expōnēbās	expōnēbat	expōnēbāmus	expōnēbātis	expōnēbant
	future	expōnam	expōnēs	expōnet	expōnēmus	expōnētis	expōnent
	perfect	exposuī	exposuistī	exposuit	exposuimus	exposuistis	exposuērunt, exposuēre
	pluperfect	exposueram	exposuerās	exposuerat	exposuerāmus	exposuerātis	exposuerant
	future perfect	exposuerō	exposueris	exposuerit	exposuerimus	exposueritis	exposuerint
passive	present	expōnor	expōneris, expōnere	expōnitur	expōnimur	expōniminī	expōnuntur
	imperfect	expōnēbar	expōnēbāris, expōnēbāre	expōnēbātur	expōnēbāmur	expōnēbāminī	expōnēbantur
	future	expōnar	expōnēris, expōnēre	expōnētur	expōnēmur	expōnēminī	expōnentur
	perfect	expositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expōnam	expōnās	expōnat	expōnāmus	expōnātis	expōnant
	imperfect	expōnerem	expōnerēs	expōneret	expōnerēmus	expōnerētis	expōnerent
	perfect	exposuerim	exposuerīs	exposuerit	exposuerīmus	exposuerītis	exposuerint
	pluperfect	exposuissem	exposuissēs	exposuisset	exposuissēmus	exposuissētis	exposuissent
passive	present	expōnar	expōnāris, expōnāre	expōnātur	expōnāmur	expōnāminī	expōnantur
	imperfect	expōnerer	expōnerēris, expōnerēre	expōnerētur	expōnerēmur	expōnerēminī	expōnerentur
	perfect	expositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expōne	—	—	expōnite	—
	future	—	expōnitō	expōnitō	—	expōnitōte	expōnuntō
passive	present	—	expōnere	—	—	expōniminī	—
	future	—	expōnitor	expōnitor	—	—	expōnuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expōnere	exposuisse	expositūrum esse	expōnī	expositum esse	expositum īrī
participles		expōnēns	—	expositūrus	—	expositus	expōnendus, expōnundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expōnendī	expōnendō	expōnendum	expōnendō	expositum	expositū

Descendants

• Aromanian: spun, spuniri
• Catalan: exposar
• English: expose, expound, expone
• Esperanto: eksponi
• French: exposer, épondre
• Galician: expoñer, expor
• Italian: esporre, sporre
• Old French: espondre
• Piedmontese: espon-e
• Portuguese: expor
• Romanian: spune, spunere, expune
• Sicilian: espùniri, spùniri
• Spanish: exponer
• Welsh: esbonio

References

• “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    
  • to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    
  • to give an account of a thing (either orally or in writing): exponere aliquid or de aliqua re
    
  • to give an account of a man's life: vitam alicuius exponere
    
  • to make a character-sketch of a person: de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponere
    
  • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    
  • to dwell only on the main points: summatim aliquid exponere
    
  • to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    
  • to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere