apposito

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin appositus, perfect passive participle of appōnō (“to appoint; to place near”). Doublet of apposto (“appended”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apˈpɔ.zi.to/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɔzito
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pò‧si‧to

Adjective

apposito (feminine apposita, masculine plural appositi, feminine plural apposite)

  1. appropriate, proper
    Synonyms: adatto, adeguato, appropriato, confacente, idoneo, opportuno
    Antonyms: inadatto, inadeguato, inidoneo, inopportuno
  2. special
  3. (obsolete) placed (near, before or above)
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato Primo [First Treatise]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, Chapter II:
      Nel cominciamento di ciascuno bene ordinato convivio sogliono li sergenti prendere lo pane apposito, e quello purgare da ogni macula.
      At the beginning of every well-ordered banquet the servants customarily take the bread placed on the table and cleanse it of any impurity.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ apposito in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ apposito in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

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Latin

Participle

appositō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of appositus
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