suppose Copy link Outline I. To lay down for the sake of argument or illustration1. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to assume)2. imperat. mood only, făcio, 3 (denoting a case put which is not really so3. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to fancy, imagine)II. To be of opinion1. pŭto, existĭmo, 12. ŏpīnor, 1 (denoting mere opinion, whether well-founded or not)3. arbĭtror, 14. crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (oft. about = Eng. I dare say) • 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.