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.