propositus
Americannoun
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Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
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Genetics. proband.
noun
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law the person from whom a line of descent is traced
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Also called (esp US): proband. med the first patient to be investigated in a family study, to whom all relationships are referred
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Etymology
Origin of propositus
1925–30; < New Latin, special use of past participle of Latin prōpōnere to set forth, propound
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It may be that when our arboreal propositus descended from his palm-tree and began to walk upright about the earth, his progeny were forthwith committed to a journey in which to-day is only a way-station.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
The private apartments of the palace were governed by a favorite eunuch, who, in the language of that age, was styled the propositus, or præfect of the sacred bed-chamber.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart
"I know no one," remarked one of his friends and admirers, "to whom the description of Horace, Justum et tenacem propositi virum, could be applied with greater truth"; and the tribute was a deserved one.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter
Sandys, J.E. —his speech presenting Huxley for LL.D. at Cambridge. —letter to: —"tenax propositi".
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard
No true man need blush that he has loved such a woman: and you are both true men, if a trifle obstinate—justi et tenaces propositi.
From The Blue Pavilions by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Uncle Ebenezer, with all his mildness and general complaisance, was, like most of the Browns, tenax propositi, firm to obstinacy.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
His baffled judges heard him repeating Horace's ode: Just um et tenacem propositi virum.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
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