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proprium
[ proh-pree-uhm ]
noun
, Logic.
, plural pro·pri·a [proh, -pree-, uh].
- a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
proprium
/ ˈprəʊprɪəm /
noun
- obsolete.Also calledproperty logic an attribute that is not essential to a species but is common and peculiar to it
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proprium1
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)”; proper ( def ), idio ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proprium1
C16: Latin, neuter sing of proprius proper, own
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Example Sentences
Nam unusquisque suum proprium possidet corpus, non et ουσιαν.
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What Swedenborg calls 'selfhood,' the proprium, is not in him.
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Thus, the defining property of an equilateral triangle is the equality of the sides: the equality of the angles is a proprium.
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If simply convertible, the two must be coextensive, and the Predicate must be either a Proprium or the Definition.
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And I may say of him, as was said of a celebrated poet, Cui unquam poetarum magis proprium fuit subito astro incalescere?
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