proprium

[ proh-pree-uhm ]

noun

, Logic.

, plural pro·pri·a [proh, -pree-, uh].

1. a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.

proprium

/ ˈprəʊprɪəm /

noun

1. obsolete.
   Also calledproperty logic an attribute that is not essential to a species but is common and peculiar to it

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of proprium¹

C16: Latin, neuter sing of proprius proper, own

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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