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praesumptiones Noun: feminine accusative plural, Noun: feminine nominative plural, Noun: feminine vocative plural of praesumptio

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praesumptĭo, ōnis, f. [praesumo].
  • A taking beforehand, a using or enjoying in advance, anticipation: rerum, quas assequi cupias, praesumptio ipsa jucunda est, Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 11: bonae famae praesumptione perfrui, id. ib. 9, 3, 1.—
  • II In rhet., a taking up and answering in advance, an anticipation of possible or suspected objections: mire in causis valet praesumptio, quae πρόληψις dicitur, cum id, quod obici potest, occupamus, Quint. 9, 2, 16; 9, 2, 18.—
  • III A representing to one's self beforehand, a conception, supposition, presumption: multum dare solemus praesumptioni omnium hominum, Sen. Ep. 117, 5: cum contra praesumptionem suam annis decem in obsidione tenerentur, Just. 3, 4: non levi praesumptione credere, Dig. 41, 3, 44.—
      • 2 In partic.
        • a Boldness, confidence, assurance, audacity, presumption (post-class.): illicitā praesumptione rex ad vicem sacerdotis holocaustum obtulit, Sulp.Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 33: timor fundamentum salutis, praesumptio impedimentum timoris, Tert. Cult. Fem. 2: cassa, Ap. Apol. p. 323, 17.—
        • b Stubbornness, obstinacy: mirā contra plagarum dolores praesumptione munitus, Ap. Met. 8, 28, 11; obfirmatus summā praesumptione, id. ib. 10, 10, 18.—
        • c Prejudice, Tert. Apol. 49.

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