suppŏsĭtīcĭus (subpŏs-) or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [suppono, I. B.], put in the place of another, substituted.
- * I. In gen.: Hermes supposititius sibi ipsi, is his own substitute, i. e. he needs no one to replace him in combat, Mart. 5, 24, 8.
- II. In partic., not genuine, false, supposititious: mater, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: explorator, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 71.