LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

postpōnō

postpōnō (present infinitive postpōnere, perfect active postposuī or postposīvī, supine postpositum or postpostum)
Classical[pɔs(t)ˈpoː.noː]Ecclesiastical[postˈpɔː.no]

Meaning

  1. to place after: a (in order of importance); b (of order within a text)
  2. to rate lower or behind, to treat as of secondary importance
  3. to set aside a person or act
  4. to turn aside (from)
  5. to neglect or disregard
  6. to disparage, belittle
  7. to postpone

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.postpōnōpostpōnēbampostpōnampostposuī
postposīvī		postposueram
postposīveram, postposīram		postposuerō
postposīverō, postposīrō
2nd sg.postpōnispostpōnēbāspostpōnēspostposuistī
postposīvistī, postposīstī		postposuerās
postposīverās, postposīrās		postposueris
postposīveris, postposīris
3rd sg.postpōnitpostpōnēbatpostpōnetpostposuit
postposīvit, postposīt		postposuerat
postposīverat, postposīrat		postposuerit
postposīverit, postposīrit
1st pl.postpōnimuspostpōnēbāmuspostpōnēmuspostposuimus
postposīvimus, postposīmus		postposuerāmus
postposīverāmus, postposīrāmus		postposuerimus
postposīverimus, postposīrimus
2nd pl.postpōnitispostpōnēbātispostpōnētispostposuistis
postposīvistis, postposīstis		postposuerātis
postposīverātis, postposīrātis		postposueritis
postposīveritis, postposīritis
3rd pl.postpōnuntpostpōnēbantpostpōnentpostposuērunt
postposuēre, postposīvērunt, postposīrunt, postposīvēre		postposuerant
postposīverant, postposīrant		postposuerint
postposīverint, postposīrint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.postpōnampostpōnerempostposuerim
postposīverim, postposīrim		postposuissem
postposīvissem, postposīssem
2nd sg.postpōnāspostpōnerēspostposuerīs
postposīverīs, postposīrīs		postposuissēs
postposīvissēs, postposīssēs
3rd sg.postpōnatpostpōneretpostposuerit
postposīverit, postposīrit		postposuisset
postposīvisset, postposīsset
1st pl.postpōnāmuspostpōnerēmuspostposuerīmus
postposīverīmus, postposīrīmus		postposuissēmus
postposīvissēmus, postposīssēmus
2nd pl.postpōnātispostpōnerētispostposuerītis
postposīverītis, postposīrītis		postposuissētis
postposīvissētis, postposīssētis
3rd pl.postpōnantpostpōnerentpostposuerint
postposīverint, postposīrint		postposuissent
postposīvissent, postposīssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.postpōnorpostpōnēbarpostpōnar
2nd sg.postpōneris
postpōnere		postpōnēbāris
postpōnēbāre		postpōnēris
postpōnēre
3rd sg.postpōniturpostpōnēbāturpostpōnētur
1st pl.postpōnimurpostpōnēbāmurpostpōnēmur
2nd pl.postpōniminīpostpōnēbāminīpostpōnēminī
3rd pl.postpōnunturpostpōnēbanturpostpōnentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.postpōnarpostpōnerer
2nd sg.postpōnāris
postpōnāre		postpōnerēris
postpōnerēre
3rd sg.postpōnāturpostpōnerētur
1st pl.postpōnāmurpostpōnerēmur
2nd pl.postpōnāminīpostpōnerēminī
3rd pl.postpōnanturpostpōnerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.postpōnepostpōnere
pres. 2nd pl.postpōnitepostpōniminī
fut. 2nd sg.postpōnitōpostpōnitor
fut. 3rd sg.postpōnitōpostpōnitor
fut. 2nd pl.postpōnitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.postpōnuntōpostpōnuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepostpōnerepostpōnī
perfect infinitivepostposuisse
postposīvisse, postposīsse		postpositum esse
postpostum esse
future infinitivepostpositūrum esse
postpostūrum esse		postpositum īrī
postpostum īrī
present participlepostpōnēns—
perfect participle—postpositus
postpostus, postposita, postpositā, postpositae, postpositam, postpositārum, postpositās, postposite, postpositī, postpositīs, postpositō, postpositōrum, postpositōs
future participlepostpositūrus
postpostūrus, postpositūra, postpositūrā, postpositūrae, postpositūram, postpositūrārum, postpositūrās, postpositūre, postpositūrī, postpositūrīs, postpositūrō, postpositūrōrum, postpositūrōs, postpositūrum		postpōnendus
postpōnundus, postpōnenda, postpōnendā, postpōnendae, postpōnendam, postpōnendārum, postpōnendās, postpōnende, postpōnendīs, postpōnendōrum, postpōnendōs
gerundpostpōnendī, postpōnendō, postpōnendumsupinepostpositum, postpositū

post-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,
I. to put after, postpone; to esteem less, to neglect. disregard (class., but not in Cic.; cf.: post habeo, praetermitto): ut omnia postponere videretur, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: omnia postposui, dummodo praeceptis patris parerem, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: scorto postponere honestum Officium, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: postponere Hannibalem Alexandro Magno. Just. 30, 4, 9: omnibus rebus postpositis, laying every thing else aside, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpostpōnō

Latin post- Latin pōnō Latin postpōnō From post- + pōnō (“place, put”).

Descendants
  • Englishpostpone
  • Frenchpostposer
  • Italianposporre
  • Portuguesepospor
  • Romanianpostpune
  • Spanishposponer
  • Polishpostponować
  • Sicilianpostpùniri

Quick answers

What does postpōnō mean in Latin?
postpōnō, a verb, means “to place after: a (in order of importance); b (of order within a text); to rate lower or behind, to treat as of secondary importance”.
What are the principal parts of postpōnō?
postpōnō, postpōnere, postposuī, postpositum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce postpōnō?
In classical Latin, [pɔs(t)ˈpoː.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [postˈpɔː.no].
Where does postpōnō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pós → Proto-Indo-European *pósti → Proto-Italic *posti → Old Latin poste → Latin postpōnō.