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ὑπόθεσις

Pronunciation: /hy.pó.tʰe.sis/

“ὑπόθεσις” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 16 meanings in English:

noun

  1. suggestion, advice
  2. purpose
  3. occasion, excuse, pretext
  4. actor's role
  5. function, occupation, station
  6. lawsuit, legal case
  7. subject, topic
  8. speech
  9. play, pantomime
  10. presupposition
  11. premise
  12. starting point
  13. raw material
  14. mortgage
  15. placing under
  16. base (thing placed under another)

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποτῐ́θημῐ (hŭpotĭ́thēmĭ, “to place under, set before, suggest”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

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