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suppŏsĭtīcĭus (subpŏs-) or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [suppono, I. B.], put in the place of another, substituted.

  1. * I. In gen.: Hermes supposititius sibi ipsi, is his own substitute, i. e. he needs no one to replace him in combat, Mart. 5, 24, 8.
  2. II. In partic., not genuine, false, supposititious: mater, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: explorator, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 71.

suppŏsĭtĭo (subp-), ōnis, f. [suppono], a putting or setting under.

  1. * I. In gen.: ovorum, Col. 8, 5, 9.
  2. II. In partic., a putting in the place of another, substitution (of a child): pueri, Plaut. Capt. grex 3: puellae, id. Cist. 1, 3, 4: suppositionem facere, id. ib. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 2, 4, 83.

* suppŏsĭtōrĭus (subp-), a, um, adj. [suppono], that is placed underneath: cellae (in balneis), i. e. tepidariae (because they are under the frigidariae), Vop. Car. 17 Casaub.

suppŏsĭtus (subp-), a, um, Part. of suppono.