1. schēma — Lewis & Short
schēma, ae, f. (cf.:
I
diadema, dogma, etc.,Prisc. p. 679 P.), and (mostly post-Aug.) ătis, n. (dat. and abl. plur. schemasin, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 38;
but schematibus,Lampr. Heliog. 19), = sxh=ma.
I In gen., a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude, etc. (so mostly ante-class.; not in Cic.).
(a) Fem.:
quod processi huc cum servili schemā,Plaut. Am. prol. 117; cf. Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.:
Tiara ut lepidam lepide condecorat schemam,Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. l. l.; also Pompon. ap. Non. 225, 1:
exemplar imperatae schemae,Suet. Tib. 43.—
(b) Neutr.: pergite thyrsigerae Bacchae modo Bacchico cum schemate, Naev. ap. Non. 225, 2:
schema antiquom retinere,Lucil. ib. 225, 3:
Aristippus naufragio cum ejectus ad Rhodiensium litus animadvertisset geometrica schemata descripta,Vitr. 6 praef.:
vasa schematibus libidinosissimis inquinata,Lampr. Heliog. 19.—
II In partic., as in rhet., a figure of speech, rhetorical figure (pure Lat. figura; freq. in Quint.;
in Cic. written as Greek),Sen. Contr. 1, praef. § 23 sq.; 1, 1, 25; Quint. 9, 1, 1 sq.; and repeatedly in the first three chapters of the ninth book; cf. also id. 1, 5, 52 sq.; 4, 1, 49; 4, 5, 4; 5, 10, 70.—
b In geometry, a figure, outline:
geometrica schemata,Vitr. 6, praef. 1:
sphaeroides,id. 8, 6, 3 et saep.