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λῆμμα

λῆμμα, anything received, income

λῆμμα, ατος, τό, (λαμβάνω)
  • anything received, opp. δόμα, Antig. ap. Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.182e; λ. καὶ ἀνάλωμα receipt and expense, Lys. 32.20, Pl. Lg. 920c, Anaxandr. 26; ἀνενεγκεῖν (ἐν- Pap.) ἐν λήμματι place to credit, PEleph. 15.4 (iii B.C.), cf. BGU 1346.2 (i B.C.), etc.: generally, gain, profit, D. 5.12, etc.; λ. τι κέρδους Id. 45.14; esp. of unjust gain, Din. 1.45; παντὸς ἥττων λήμματος unable to resist any temptation of gain, D. 19.339; ὥσπερ ἂν τρυτάνη ἐπὶ τὸ λ. ῥέπειν Id. 18.298; λ. λαβεῖν Id. 21.28, 27.39: freq. in pl., S. Ant. 313, D. 8.25, etc.; τὰ λ. τοῦ ἀργυρίου Id. 49.57; λημμάτων μετέχειν Id. 58.40; τἀπὸ Θρᾴκης λ. ἕλκουσι δεῦρο Antiph. 196.
    • II in Logic, statement taken as true, assumption; esp. premiss in a syllogism, ἐπὶ λ. τῷ τοιούτῳ A.D. Synt. 245.13; τὰ οἰκεῖα τῇ ἐπιστήμῃ λ. Arist. Top. 101a14; λήμματα τιθέναι ib. 156a21, cf. Gell. 9.16, Phld. Rh. 1.9 S.; prop. the major premiss (the minor being πρόσληψις), Crinis Stoic. 3.269; later, ἀποδεικτικὰ λήμματα παρασχεῖν offer scientific proofs, Gal. 14.627.
    • III matter, substance, or argument of a sentence, etc., opp. form or style (λέξις), D.H. Dem. 20, Longin. 15.10, etc.: hence, title or argument of an epigram, Lat. lemma, Mart. 14.2; theme or thesis, Plin. Ep. 4.27.3, Mart. 10.59; nutricis lemmata, ‘baby songs’, Aus. Ep. 12.90.
    • IV in LXX, burden laid on one, commission received, esp. of prophecy, Na. 1.1, Je. 23.33, al.; even, λῆμμα ἰδεῖν Hb. 1.1, cf. La. 2.14.

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