Dictionary formpropositum, propositi(neuter)
Translation
purpose, intention; plan, resolution
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | propositum | proposita |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | propositum | proposita |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | propositum | proposita |
| Genitiveof | propositi | propositorum |
| Dativeto, for | proposito | propositis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | proposito | propositis |
Examples
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He was unwilling to change his purpose.
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They stood by their resolution.
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This plan pleased everyone.
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We have wandered a long way from our subject.
poscunt.
Great plans demand great labours.
Propositum, propositi, n., second declension, the perfect participle of propono standing as a noun: the thing set out in front of you.
From there it fans out. A plan you have set yourself, a settled resolve you are expected not to abandon, and in rhetoric the theme you announced at the start - which is why a proposito means "off the point" rather than "away from the plan". Medieval and monastic writers narrow it again to a religious vocation, the propositum a monk has professed, and in that corpus it is closer to "the life he has undertaken" than to "his intention".
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 10: propositum, surgo, defendo and 7 more words.