propositio

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Etymology

Internationalism (see English proposition), ultimately from Latin prōpositiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpropositio/,
  • Rhymes: -itio
  • Syllabification(key): pro‧po‧si‧ti‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): pro‧po‧si‧tio

Noun

propositio

  1. proposition, proposal
    Synonyms: ehdotus, esitys
  2. (logic) proposition
    Synonyms: lause, väitelause
  3. (mathematics) proposition (assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem)
    Synonyms: väitelause, lause

Declension

Inflection of propositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative propositio propositiot
genitive proposition propositioiden
propositioitten
partitive propositiota propositioita
illative propositioon propositioihin
singular plural
nominative propositio propositiot
accusative nom. propositio propositiot
gen. proposition
genitive proposition propositioiden
propositioitten
partitive propositiota propositioita
inessive propositiossa propositioissa
elative propositiosta propositioista
illative propositioon propositioihin
adessive propositiolla propositioilla
ablative propositiolta propositioilta
allative propositiolle propositioille
essive propositiona propositioina
translative propositioksi propositioiksi
abessive propositiotta propositioitta
instructive propositioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of propositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From prōpōnō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōpositiō f (genitive prōpositiōnis); third declension

  1. proposition, representation
  2. subject, theme
  3. statement
  4. proposition, sentence
    Synonym: sententia
    • 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, page 176:
      Ex vocibus recte junctis existit Propositio; omnis vero propositio constat Subjecto et Praedicato.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prōpositiō prōpositiōnēs
genitive prōpositiōnis prōpositiōnum
dative prōpositiōnī prōpositiōnibus
accusative prōpositiōnem prōpositiōnēs
ablative prōpositiōne prōpositiōnibus
vocative prōpositiō prōpositiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • propositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "propositio", 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)
  • propositio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.