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θεώρ-ημα , ατος, τό,
2. object of contemplation, τὸ ἐν ἡμῖν φάντασμα δεῖ ὑπολαβεῖν . . εἶναι θ. Arist.Mem.450b25; vision, Id.Div.Somn.463b19; intuition, “θ. κοινάChrysipp.Stoic.3.72,al., cf. Phld.Po.5.25 (pl.).
II. of the mind, speculation, theory, Arist. Metaph.1083b18, Top.104b1; τὰ κατὰ φυσιολογίαν θ. Metrod.Herc.831.8; speculative proposition, M.Ant.1.8.
b. datum or rule of art, Cic.Fam.6.11 (pl.); τέχνης θ. Phld.Rh.2.94S.,al.(pl.), cf. Stoic.3.51; ἰατρικῆς θ. Corn.ND33 (pl.); scheme, plan, Plb.6.26.10: pl., θεωρήματα, τά, arts and sciences, Id.10.47.12; “αἱ τέχναι ἐκ -ημάτων εἰσίνGal.1.106.
c. Math., theorem, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1Prooem., al., Papp.30.6, al., Procl.in Euc.p.201 F.; also ἀστρονομικὰ θ. Phlp.in Mete.104.19.
2. subject of investigation, Plb.1.2.1, D.H.Comp. 2.
b. investigation, Plu.2.1131c.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.11
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 68
    • Plato, Laws, 953a
    • Polybius, Histories, 10.47.12
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.2.1
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.26.10
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 2
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 52.30
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 1.8
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