Aquinas holds that predicates apply to a species in virtue of what belongs to the species as such, making accidental properties of individuals categorically distinct from species-level predication.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
Predicates(in logic and philosophy of language): Words or phrases that describe properties or characteristics of something—like 'is red' or 'is tall' in the sentence 'The ball is red.'
accidental properties(Aristotelian substance theory): Properties of an object that can be gained and lost over time and which the object might never have possessed at all
species(Bacon's multiplicatio specierum theory adapted to epistemology by Crathorn): A representative likeness of an external thing, transmitted causally through a medium; in Crathorn's usage, a material mental quality in the mind that has the same nature as the external thing it represents.
species-level predication(in logic and classification): Describing what is true about an entire category or type of thing, rather than about individual members of that category.

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