S / suppŏsĭtĭo
noun

suppŏsĭtĭo

gen. suppŏsĭtōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
(), , suppono
a putting; setting under
a putting or setting under. *
In gen.: ovorum, Col. 8, 5, 9.—
In gen.: ovorum, Col. 8, 5, 9.—
a putting in the place of; substitution
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.