noun · femininethird declension
hypothesis
hypothesis f (genitive hypothesis or hypotheseōs or hypothesios)
Classical[hyˈpɔ.tʰɛ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[iˈpɔː.te.s̬is]
Meaning
- femininehypothesis
Erunt igitur in illa hypotheſi Triangulus, Sexangulus, & Circulus una figura.
Therefore, in that hypothesis, the Triangle, the Hexagon, and the Circle will be one figure.1659, Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz, Caramuelis metalogica disputationes de logicae essentia, proprietatibus, et operationibus continens, volume 3, page 139:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hypothesis | hypothesēs hypotheseis |
| genitive | hypothesis hypotheseōs, hypothesios | hypothesium |
| dative | hypothesī | hypothesibus |
| accusative | hypothesim hypothesin, hypothesem | hypothesēs hypothesīs |
| ablative | hypothesī hypothese | hypothesibus |
| vocative | hypothesis hypothesi | hypothesēs hypotheseis |
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “hypothesis”, noun).