A.that which is learnt, lesson, “τὰ παθήματα μαθήματα” Hdt.1.207; “μ. μαθεῖν” S.Ph.918; μ. τινός or περί τι, Pl.Smp.211 c, R.525d; “προσπορεύεται πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ μ.” PCair.Zen.60.7 (iii B. C.); “ἀφεῖσθαι τοὺς παῖδας ἀπὸ τῶν μ.” SIG577.77 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), cf. 578.28 (Teos, ii B. C.), al.
2. learning, knowledge, Ar.Nu.1231, Av.380, Th.2.39, PSI1.94.9 (ii A. D.), etc.; οἱ καθιστάμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν μ. educational authorities, SIG578.66 (Teos, ii B. C.); τὸ μ. τὸ περὶ τὰς τάξεις the science of tactics, Pl.La.182b: freq. in pl., Isoc.12.27, etc.; “μαθημάτων φρόντιζε μᾶλλον χρημάτων: τὰ γὰρ μαθήματ᾽ εὐπορεῖ τὰ χρήματα” Philem. 232.
3. esp. the mathematical sciences, Archyt.1,3 tit.; τρία μ., i. e. arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy, acc. to Pl.Lg.817e, cf. Phld. Ind.Sto.66; later τὰ τέσσαρα μ. (ἁρμονική being added) Theol.Ar.17; Arist. distd. pure from mixed “μ., τὰ φυσικώτερα τῶν μ., οἷον ὀπτικὴ καὶ ἁρμονικὴ καὶ ἀστρονομία” Ph. 194a8; “ἡ ἐν τοῖς μ. ἁρμονική” Metaph.997b21; “τὰ μ. περὶ τὰ εἴδη ἐστίν” APo.79a7; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν μ. mathematicians, Cleom.1.8.
4. astrology, AP7.687 (Pall.).
5. creed, Cod.Just.1.1.7.11, al.