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thema

thema · n

A subject

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 4 · 3.16/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Controversiae 4 · 0.61/10k
Institutio Oratoria 9 · 0.52/10k

What it meant

thĕma — Lewis & Short

thĕma, ătis, n., = qe/ma.

I A subject or topic treated of, a theme (post-Aug.): Scholastici exempla cum dixerunt, volunt et illa ad aliquod controversiae thema redigere, Sen. Contr. 3, 20 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 28 med.; Quint. 4, 2, 28; 4, 2, 91; 7, 2, 54; 9, 2, 85 al.—

II The position of the celestial signs at one's birth, a nativity, horoscope, Suet. Aug. 94 fin.

In the wild

themate Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.IX.p10
themata Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 4.2.68
themata Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.1.4
themate Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.11.p3
themata Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 12.8.6
thematis Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.XIV.p4

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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