proprium
English
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
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:
- (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:
- (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.
- 1758, Emanuel Swedenborg, The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Further reading
- proprium at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “proprium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “proprium”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Czech
Etymology
Compare German Nomen proprium (from Latin nomen proprium), Danish proprium and Slovak proprium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈproprɪum]
Noun
proprium n
- proper noun
- Synonym: vlastní jméno
- Antonym: apelativum
Further reading
- proprium in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- proprium in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Danish
Etymology
From Latin (nōmen) proprium, neuter of proprius (“own, individual”).
Noun
proprium n (singular definite propriet, plural indefinite proprier)
- (grammar) proper noun (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity)
Inflection
Declension of proprium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | proprium | propriet | proprier | proprierne |
| genitive | propriums | propriets | propriers | propriernes |
Synonyms
- egennavn
Latin
Adjective
proprium
- nominative neuter singular of proprius
References
- 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
Noun
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
Noun
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin prōprium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.prjum/
- Rhymes: -ɔprjum
- Syllabification: pro‧prium
Noun
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
Declension of proprium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | proprium | propria |
| genitive | proprium | propriów |
| dative | proprium | propriom |
| accusative | proprium | propria |
| instrumental | proprium | propriami |
| locative | proprium | propriach |
| vocative | proprium | propria |
Further reading
- proprium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- proprium in Polish dictionaries at PWN