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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
propositum n (genitive propositī); second declension
- model, example, sample
- Synonym: exemplum
- purpose, intention
- Synonyms: voluntās, intentiō, cōnsilium, fīnis, animus, mēns
- design, plan
- Synonyms: consilium, cogitatio
- subject, topic, theme
- conduct of life, lifestyle, moral principles
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
Participle
prōpositum
- inflection of prōpositus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- propositum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “propositum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propositum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propositum 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)
- propositum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)