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suppositio
suppositio
English
Noun
suppositio
- (philosophy of language) The interpretation given to a term in a specific context.
Related terms
- suppositio discreta
- suppositio naturalis
- suppositio personalis
- suppositio personalis confusa
- suppositio simplex
Latin
Etymology
sub- (“under”) + positiō (“position; theme”)
Noun
suppositiō f (genitive suppositiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suppositiō | suppositiōnēs |
| genitive | suppositiōnis | suppositiōnum |
| dative | suppositiōnī | suppositiōnibus |
| accusative | suppositiōnem | suppositiōnēs |
| ablative | suppositiōne | suppositiōnibus |
| vocative | suppositiō | suppositiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: suppositio materialis
- Italian: supposizione
- Spanish: suposición
References
- suppositio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SUPPOSITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “suppositio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.