propositus
Americannoun
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propositi
plural
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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.
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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 Harry Morgan Ayres
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
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
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
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 Robert Black
Louis XVIII. remained alone, and turning his eyes on his half-opened Horace, muttered,— "Justum et tenacem propositi virum."
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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