suppositum

English

Etymology

From the past participle of Latin supponere (“to suppose”).

Noun

suppositum (uncountable)

(logic) Something supposed to be true; an assumption
- 1977 David Joel. Weissman - Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence
  The answer may be that these relation-ships are generated in every possible world, given any suppositum of a certain least complexity.

Latin

Participle

suppositum

nominative neuter singular of suppositus
accusative masculine singular of suppositus
accusative neuter singular of suppositus
vocative neuter singular of suppositus

References

suppositum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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