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pontes asinorum

pontes asinorum is the plural of pons asinorum.

Meaning of pons asinorum

Noun

pons asinorum (plural pontes asinorum)

  1. A method for finding the middle term of a syllogism in Aristotlean analytics.
  2. An obstacle which will defeat a beginner or foolish person.
  3. A proposition in Euclid stating that the angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are equal.
    • [H]e had scarce advanced beyond the Pons Asinorum, when his ardour abated, the test of truth by demonstration did not elevate him to those transports of joy with which his preceptor had regaled his expectation; and before he arrived at the fortieth and seventh proposition, he began to yawn drearily...1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about pontes asinorum

What is pontes asinorum the plural of?
Pontes asinorum is the plural of pons asinorum.

Words near pontes asinorum in the dictionary

  1. pontenged
  2. pontenging
  3. pontengs
  4. Pontenure
  5. pontes
  6. pontes asinorum
  7. Pontesbury
  8. Pontevedra
  9. Pontfadog
  10. Ponthir
  11. Pontiac

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