propositus

Latin propositus

propositus (plural proposituses)

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.

• proposita (female)

• suppositor

Perfect passive participle of prōpōnō.

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

1. set forth
2. declared
3. proposed

First/second declension.

• English: provost
• Spanish: propósito

• 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, 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)