suppositum

English

Etymology

From the past participle of Latin supponere (“to suppose”).

Noun

suppositum (uncountable)

(logic) Something supposed to be true; an assumption
- 1977, David Joel, Weissman - Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence:
  The answer may be that these relation-ships are generated in every possible world, given any suppositum of a certain least complexity.

Latin

Participle

suppositum

inflection of suppositus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

References

suppositum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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