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postpreˈdicament
[ad. med. Schol. L. postprædicāmentum, in Abelard a 1142, etc.; f. L. post after + prædicāmentum predicament.]
pl. The five relations considered by Aristotle at the end of his work on the ten predicaments or categories: viz. opposites (ἀντικείµενα), of four kinds; and the conceptions before or priority (πρότερον), of five kinds; at once or simultaneity (ἅµα), of two kinds; motion (κίνησις), of six kinds; and having (ἔχειν), of eight kinds.
[a1280Albertus Magnus De Praedicamentis Wks. 1651 I. 173–4 Tractatus vii, De Postpraedicamentis..ideoque post praedicamenta oportuit sequi tractatum de his quae quidem co-ordinanda sunt sed ad unum genus praedicamenti reduci non possunt.] 1613Wither Abuses Stript B viij, He..Handles in order the ten Prædicaments, Then Postprædicaments. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Post-predicaments, in logic, are certain general affections, or properties, arising from a comparison of predicaments with each other; or modes following the predicaments, and often belonging to many. 1890in Cent. Dict. |