proprium
Americannoun
plural
proprianoun
Etymology
Origin of proprium
First recorded in 1540–60; from Latin: literally, “special feature, property, possession,” noun use of adjective proprius “one’s own, special,” used to translate Aristotelian tò ídion “characteristic property (of a species)”; see proper ( def. ), idio ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Se-cundus: "Ego quoque possem, si meum proprium dictionarium scripsissem."
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter expression had become so much a nomen proprium of Jerusalem, that the full depth of its meaning was no more thought of.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Hinc est quod Exod. iii., proprium nomen Dei ponitur esse qui est, quia ejus solius proprium est, quod sua substantia non sit aliud quam suum esse.”—St.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Thus, the defining property of an equilateral triangle is the equality of the sides: the equality of the angles is a proprium.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
That the three angles of a triangle are together equal to two right angles is a proprium, true of all triangles, and deducible from the essential properties of a triangle.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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