pretension
pretension
subs.
P. προσποίησις, ἡ.
Importance: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ.
False pretensions: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεία, ἡ.
Make pretensions: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεύεσθαι.
subs.
P. προσποίησις, ἡ.
Importance: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ.
False pretensions: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεία, ἡ.
Make pretensions: Ar. and P. ἀ̆λαζονεύεσθαι.
PRETENSION
jus (right): postulatio: postulatum (demand): vindiciae (judicial or formal claim): To make pretension to anything rem sibi or ad se vindicare: moderate pretensions postulata lenissima. Vid: also CLAIM.
jus (right): postulatio: postulatum (demand): vindiciae (judicial or formal claim): To make pretension to anything rem sibi or ad se vindicare: moderate pretensions postulata lenissima. Vid: also CLAIM.
pretension:
I. Claim: perh. postŭlātio, postŭlātum: v.CLAIM , DEMAND . To make p.s to the throne, regnum affectare, Liv. 1, 46: I make no p.s to such honour, haud equidem tali me dignor honore, Virg. Aen. 1, 335: I make no p.s to be a poet, *haudquaquam mihi laudem poeticam sumo, arrogo: to make some p.s to be an orator, *aliqua dicendi laude florere.
II. Display: ostentātio, ambĭtio: v.OSTENTATION .
I. Claim: perh. postŭlātio, postŭlātum: v.
II. Display: ostentātio, ambĭtio: v.