Latin

Alternative forms

• inpōnō

Verb

impōnō ‎(present infinitive impōnere, perfect active imposuī, supine impositum); third conjugation

1. I place on or upon, set upon, lay upon.
2. (figuratively) I impose upon, put upon, inflict upon.
3. (figuratively) I establish, fix, impose (e.g. a tax).

Inflection

Descendants

• Basque: inposatu
• English: impose
• French: imposer
• Spanish: imponer

References

• impono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impono in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to place on the funeral-pyre: aliquem in rogum imponere
    
  • to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: finem imponere, afferre, constituere alicui rei
    
  • to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
    
  • to lay the yoke of slavery on some one: alicui servitutem iniungere, imponere
    
  • to impose tribute on some one: vectigalia, tributa alicui imponere
    
  • to embark an army: exercitum in naves imponere (Liv. 22. 19)
    
• impono in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016