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lemma

lemma · n

a subject for consideration

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Where it lives

Cupido cruciatur 1 · 13.57/10k
Parentalia 1 · 3.85/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 4 · 0.71/10k
Epigrammata 4 · 0.71/10k
Letters 2 · 0.31/10k

What it meant

lemma — Lewis & Short

lemma, ătis, n., = lh=mma,

I a subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents (not ante-Aug.; in Cic. only written as Greek).

I Lit.: lemma sibi sumpsit, quod ego interdum versibus ludo, Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3.—

II Transf.

A The title of an epigram, because it indicates the subject: lemmata si quaeris, cur sint ascripta, docebo: Ut si malueris lemmata sola legas, Mart. 14, 2, 1; Aus. Parent. praef.—

B The epigram itself: si mihi ex hoc ipso lemmate secundus versus occurrerit, Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3: consumpta est uno si lemmate pagina, transis, Mart. 10, 59, 1.—

C A story, tale: nutricis lemmata, nursery-tales, Aus. Ep. 16, 90.—

D The assumption or lemma of a syllogism: est vitium insidiosum et sub falsa lemmatis specie latens, Gell. 9, 16, 7; v. sumptio.

In the wild

lemma Ausonius, Parentalia pr1
lemmate Martial, Epigrammata 10.59.1
lemmata Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes praef.p7
lemmate Pliny the Younger, Letters 4.27.3
lemmata Ausonius, Epistularum 12.90
lemmate Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes index.2.p1

6 of 14 attestations shown.

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