ὑπόθεσις

Etymology
From, from +.

Noun

 * 1) proposal, proposed action; policy, intention
 * 2) suggestion, advice
 * 3) purpose
 * 4) occasion, excuse, pretext
 * 5) actor's role
 * 6) function, occupation, station
 * 7) subject proposed for discussion
 * 8) lawsuit, legal case
 * 9) subject, topic
 * 10) speech
 * 11) play, pantomime
 * 12) supposition, assumption, hypothesis
 * 13) presupposition
 * 14) premise
 * 15) starting point
 * 16) raw material
 * 17) mortgage
 * 18) placing under
 * 19) base (thing placed under another)