LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

suppositiō

suppositiō f (genitive suppositiōnis)

Meaning

  1. substitution
  2. supposition

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesuppositiōsuppositiōnēs
genitivesuppositiōnissuppositiōnum
dativesuppositiōnīsuppositiōnibus
accusativesuppositiōnemsuppositiōnēs
ablativesuppositiōnesuppositiōnibus
vocativesuppositiōsuppositiōnēs

suppŏsĭtĭo (subp-), ōnis, f. suppono,
I. a putting or setting under. *
I. In gen.: ovorum, Col. 8, 5, 9.—
II. In partic., a putting in the place of another, substitution (of a child): pueri, Plaut. Capt. grex 3: puellae, id. Cist. 1, 3, 4: suppositionem facere, id. ib. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 2, 4, 83.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuppositiō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin suppōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin suppositiō From suppōnō (“to put under; substitute”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishsuppositio materialis
  • Italiansupposizione
  • Spanishsuposición
  • Piedmontesesuposission

Quick answers

What does suppositiō mean in Latin?
suppositiō, a noun, means “substitution; supposition”.
What is the genitive of suppositiō?
The genitive singular is suppositiōnis. suppositiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does suppositiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suppositiō.