proprium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin proprium (“of one's own”).
Noun
editproprium (plural propria)
- (philosophy) A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.
- Abraham Stone, Humanities 116: Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities, people.ucsc.edu[1]:
- (So you can use a proprium to pick out a species—for example, you could say: “a human is a risible mortal animal”—but, in that case, you aren’t picking out the species by its true definition.)
- Abraham Stone, Humanities 116: Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities, people.ucsc.edu[1]:
- (theology) selfhood
- 1758, Emanuel Swedenborg, The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine:
- Man of himself, so far as he is under the influence of his proprium, is worse than the brutes. If man should be led by his own proprium, he could not possibly be saved.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “proprium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “proprium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “proprium”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Czech
editEtymology
editCompare German Nomen proprium (from Latin nomen proprium), Danish proprium and Slovak proprium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editproprium n
- proper noun
- Synonym: vlastní jméno
- Antonym: apelativum
Declension
editFurther reading
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin (nōmen) proprium, neuter of proprius (“own, individual”).
Noun
editproprium n (singular definite propriet, plural indefinite proprier)
- (grammar) proper noun (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity)
Inflection
editneuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | proprium | propriet | proprier | proprierne |
genitive | propriums | propriets | propriers | propriernes |
Synonyms
editLatin
editAdjective
editproprium
- inflection of proprius:
References
edit- "proprium", 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)
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editproprium n (definite singular propriet, indefinite plural proprier, definite plural propria or propriene)
- (grammar) proper noun
- (Christianity) part of mass which is particular to the date or situation
- Coordinate term: ordinarium
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editproprium n (definite singular propriet, indefinite plural proprium, definite plural propria)
- (grammar) proper noun
- (Christianity) part of mass which is particular to the date or situation
- Coordinate term: ordinarium
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin prōprium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editproprium n
- (Roman Catholicism) proper (part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical year, or of a particular saint or significant event)
Declension
editDeclension of proprium
Further reading
edit- proprium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
editEtymology
editFrom Latin (nōmen) proprium, neuter of proprius (“own, individual”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editproprium n (relational adjective propriálny)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | proprium | propriá |
genitive | propria | proprií |
dative | propriu | propriám |
accusative | proprium | propriá |
locative | proprie | propriách |
instrumental | propriom | propriami |
Further reading
edit- “proprium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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