ponunt

Ponunt is a Latin verb form corresponding to the third-person plural present indicative active of ponere, meaning to place or to put. As a present-tense form, it is commonly translated as “they place” or “they put.” The base verb ponere belongs to the third conjugation and has the principal parts pono, ponere, posui, positum.

In its present indicative, ponunt appears with the 3rd-person plural endings of the 3rd conjugation: -ō, -is, -it, -imus, -itis, -unt, yielding ponō, ponis, ponit, ponimus, ponitis, ponunt. The subject is implied by the verb ending, while the direct object is typically a noun in the accusative and any location or destination is expressed with a qualifying phrase, often using in or ad with appropriate cases.

Usage notes: Ponunt is used for actions of placing or putting objects somewhere, often with a direct object and a location phrase. For example, Libros in mensa ponunt means “They place/put the books on the table.” Like many Latin verbs, ponere and its forms appear across classical and post-classical texts, serving a basic dynamic verb for describing placement or introduction of items, arrangements, or proposals.

See also: Latin verb conjugation, the third conjugation, ponere and its other tenses, voices, and moods. Ponunt contrasts with ponit (he/she/it places) and with other person-number forms derived from ponere.