propositum Latin · revision 30863

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈpɔ.sɪ.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈpɔː.s̬i.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōpositum''' ''n'' (genitive prōpositī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|prōpositus]], the perfect passive participle of [[m|la|prōpōnō|t=to put forward, set before]], used as a noun: “what has been set before one”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨prōpōnō⟩ is [[m|la|prō-]] with [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put]], which de Vaan explains as ⟨*po-sinō⟩ “to put down”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) In ''De finibus'' Cicero speaks of doing everything to attain one's goal (''quō prōpositum adsequātur'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first a purpose, aim or intention, and ''prōpositō'' means “on purpose”.^(OLD 2012) It then became one's chosen way of life or conduct: Velleius praises a man most brilliant in talent and most upright ''prōpositō'', “in his principles”.^(OLD 2012) In speech it is the subject or point, from which one may digress (Cicero), and in rhetoric a general question, translating [[grc|θέσις|tr=thésis]]; in logic it is a proposition or premise.^(OLD 2012) Late jurists used it for an issued summons.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “design, purpose, plan, resolution”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it also meant a precept or command, and a monastic community, living by a common rule of life.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a goal and of the subject of a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus of a man's principles.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|purpose]], aim, [[m|en|intention]], plan.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # One's chosen way of life, practice, principles.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The subject, [[m|en|theme]] or point (of what is said).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A general question;^(OLD 2012) ''(logic)'' a [[m|en|proposition]], [[m|en|premise]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' A summons.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A precept, command; a monastic community.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōpōnō]]

+ * [[prōpositiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}