propositus

propositus

English

Etymology

Latin propositus

Noun

propositus (plural propositi)

1. The first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case.

   The propositus was an elderly man who passed on the disorder to three of his four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.

Coordinate terms

• proposita (female)

Anagrams

• suppositor

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōpōnō.

Participle

prōpositus (feminine prōposita, neuter prōpositum); first/second-declension participle

1. set forth
2. declared
3. proposed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōpositus	prōposita	prōpositum		prōpositī	prōpositae	prōposita
Genitive	prōpositī	prōpositae	prōpositī		prōpositōrum	prōpositārum	prōpositōrum
Dative	prōpositō		prōpositō		prōpositīs
Accusative	prōpositum	prōpositam	prōpositum		prōpositōs	prōpositās	prōposita
Ablative	prōpositō	prōpositā	prōpositō		prōpositīs
Vocative	prōposite	prōposita	prōpositum		prōpositī	prōpositae	prōposita

Descendants

• English: provost
• Spanish: propósito

References

• “propositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propositus 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)
• propositus 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)