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propositus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin propositus.

Noun

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propositus (plural propositi)

  1. The first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.
    The propositus was an elderly man who passed on the disorder to three of his four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.

Coordinate terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of prōpōnō.

Participle

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prōpositus (feminine prōposita, neuter prōpositum); first/second-declension participle

  1. set forth
  2. declared
  3. proposed

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prōpositus prōposita prōpositum prōpositī prōpositae prōposita
genitive prōpositī prōpositae prōpositī prōpositōrum prōpositārum prōpositōrum
dative prōpositō prōpositae prōpositō prōpositīs
accusative prōpositum prōpositam prōpositum prōpositōs prōpositās prōposita
ablative prōpositō prōpositā prōpositō prōpositīs
vocative prōposite prōposita prōpositum prōpositī prōpositae prōposita

Descendants

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  • English: provost
  • Spanish: propósito

References

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  • propositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propositus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • propositus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    • (ambiguous) I intend, propose to..: propositum est mihi c. Inf.
    • (ambiguous) to abide by one's resolution: propositum, consilium tenere (opp. a proposito deterreri)
    • (ambiguous) to carry out one's plan: propositum assequi, peragere
    • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere
    • (ambiguous) to digress, deviate: digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)
    • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: id quod (mihi) propositum est
    • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: res proposita
    • (ambiguous) to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
    • (ambiguous) to come back to the point: ad propositum reverti, redire
    • (ambiguous) the task I have put before myself is..: mihi propositum est c. Inf. (or mihi proposui, ut)