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σκέμμα

skemma · τό

subject for speculation

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Where it lives

Minos 1 · 3.51/10k
Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

σκέμμα · skemma — LSJ

subject for speculation, reflection, problem

subject for speculation or reflection, problem, Hp. Acut. 9, Pl. R. 435c, 445a, Phld. Rh. 1.202 S.

II speculation

speculation, Pl. Cri. 48c; τὸ σ. περὶ δυοῖν ἐστίν Arist. Pol. 1285b37.

III scheme, plot

scheme, plot, J. BJ 1.24.6.

In the wild

σκέμμα · skemma Aristotle, Politics 1285b (DIORISIS sentence 1293)
σκεμμάτων · skemmatōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6864)
σκέμματα · skemmata Plato, Crito 48
σκέμμα · skemma Plato, Minos 315
σκέμμα · skemma Plato, Protagoras 351
σκέμμα · skemma Plato, Republic 4.435 (DIORISIS sentence 2512)

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