suppose

suppose
v. trans.
Conceive in the mind: P. and V. νοεῖν (or mid.), ἐννοεῖν (or mid.); see conceive.
Fancy: P. and V. δοξάζειν.
Assume: P. ὑπολαμβά̆νειν, ὑποτίθεσθαι; see assume.
Suspect: P. and V. ὑ̆ποπτεύειν, ὑ̆πονοεῖν ; see suspect.
Infer: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, τεκμαίρεσθαι, συμβάλλειν, τοπάζειν, V. ἐπεικάζειν.
Think: (absol.), P. and V. νομίζειν, ἡγεῖσθαι, οἴεσθαι, δοξάζειν.
I suppose, perhaps: use P. and V. που (enclitic), δήπου, Ar. and P. δήπουθεν.
Well suppose: use Ar. and V. καὶ δή.
ATH.
Do thou receive my gift.
CHO.
Well, suppose I have received it, what honour awaits me?
ΑΘ. δέχου δὲ σύ.
ΧΟ. καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι. τίς δέ μοι τιμὴ μένει (Aesch. Eum. 893; cf. also Eur. Hel. 1059; Med. 386).

SUPPOSE

To imagine think arbitrari: putare: videri with an infinitive or mihi videtur aliquid: opinari: reri: animum or in animum inducere: existimare: ducere. [SYN. and PHR. in BELIEVE].

To require as previous ponere facere rem esse. Fac = suppose for a moment (of an improbable supposition). Suppose that the soul does not remain after death fac animos non remanere post mortem: suppose that you could fac potuisse. For “supposing that ” “even supposing that ” Vid: “granting ” “even granting that ” in GRANT.

suppose:

I. To lay down for the sake of argument or illustration:

1. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to assume): s. that he is conquered, pone, victum esse eum, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 25: Cic. Join: ponere atque concedere, Cic.

2. imperat. mood only, făcio, 3 (denoting a case put which is not really so: whereas pono usu. assumes a thing as true): pray s. that you are I, fac, quaeso, qui ego sum esse te, Cic. Fam. 7, 23: Ov.: also with subj. fac velit, Stat. Ach. 2, 242.

3. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to fancy, imagine): s. that we have an Alexander given us (to teach), fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis, Quint. 1, 1, 24: Cic.: v. TO FANCY, IMAGINE. [N.B.--Not suppono, which in this sense has no authority.]

II. To be of opinion:

1. pŭto, existĭmo, 1: v. TO THINK. Puto, or ut puto, is often used parenthetically, like our I s.: I s., I am turning into a god, ut puto, deus fio, Suet. Vesp. 23: Mart. (Not so existimo, which implies more deliberate use of the judgment.)

2. ŏpīnor, 1 (denoting mere opinion, whether well-founded or not): also used with and without ut, parenth.: Cic.

3. arbĭtror, 1: v. TO THINK.

4. crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (oft. about = Eng. I dare say): cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5, si te jam, Catilina, interfici jussero, credo erit verendum (I s., I shall have reason to fear, etc.): v. TO BELIEVE. See also foll. art.