proprium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin.
Noun edit
proprium (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 edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Nomen proprium (from Latin nomen proprium), Danish proprium and Slovak proprium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
proprium n
- proper noun
- Synonym: vlastní jméno
- Antonym: apelativum
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin (nōmen) proprium, neuter of proprius (“own, individual”).
Noun edit
proprium n (singular definite propriet, plural indefinite proprier)
- (grammar) proper noun (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity)
Inflection edit
Declension of proprium
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | proprium | propriet | proprier | proprierne |
genitive | propriums | propriets | propriers | propriernes |
Synonyms edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
proprium
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 edit
Noun edit
proprium 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 edit
Noun edit
proprium 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin prōprium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
proprium 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 edit
Declension of proprium
Further reading edit
- proprium in Polish dictionaries at PWN