propositus

American  

[pruh-poz-i-tuhs] / prəˈpɒz ɪ təs /

noun

• propositi
  plural

1. Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.

2. Genetics. proband.

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propositus British  

/ prəˈpɒzɪtəs /

noun

1. law the person from whom a line of descent is traced

2. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• propositi
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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propositus propositi

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 Henry Hart Milman

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 Harry Morgan Ayres

In the meanwhile, as things always do come in heaps, I obtained my long-fought-for Grant—though indirectly—from the Government, which is, I think, a great triumph and vindication of the family motto—tenax propositi.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley

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 Leonard Huxley

And how much depends on this, may be seen by comparing Brady and Tate's 15th psalm with Blacklock's Justum et tenacem propositi virum of Horace, quoted in Hume's History, Car.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

"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 David Hunter Blair

Dear Lamb,—I address you with all humility, because I know you to be tenax propositi.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Mary Lamb

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