suppositio

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

suppositio

1. (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

1. substitution
2. supposition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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
• Piedmontese: suposission
• 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• suppositio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.