theme
theme
subs.
See subject.
subs.
See subject.
THEME
propositio: propositum: id quod propositum est (a subject proposed): quaestio id quod quaerimus (a subject of inquiry): argumentum (contents subject-matter): causa (the subject): thema -atis neuter (post-Augustan); Latin positio or quod positum est (a sentence proposed as the subject of discussion or debate). To depart from one’s theme a proposito aberrare declinare or egredi; very far longius labi: to return to one’s theme ad propositum reverti.
propositio: propositum: id quod propositum est (a subject proposed): quaestio id quod quaerimus (a subject of inquiry): argumentum (contents subject-matter): causa (the subject): thema -atis neuter (post-Augustan); Latin positio or quod positum est (a sentence proposed as the subject of discussion or debate). To depart from one’s theme a proposito aberrare declinare or egredi; very far longius labi: to return to one’s theme ad propositum reverti.
theme:
1. propŏsĭtio or propŏsĭtum (the principal subject): also expr. by res simply: thus in Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203 (q. v.): a digression from one's t. is ab re digressio; a return to the t., reditus ad propositum, ad rem; a t., propositio quid sit dicturus, id. ib.
2. quaestio: Cic. Top. 21, 79, says there are two classes of quaestiones; the definite or special "quod ὑποθέσιν Graeci, nos causam;" and the indefinite or general, "quod θέσιν illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare:" so Quint. 3, 5, 5 to 18, who adds that the latter class is also called quaestiones universales, civiles, or philosopho convenientes.
3. argūmentum (a word of wide import; subject): "omnis ad scribendum materia a. appellatur," Quint. 5, 10, 9: Cic.: v.SUBJECT .
4. thĕma, ătis, n. (θέμα): certain topics are proposed which we call t.s, certa quaedam ponuntur quae themata dicimus, Quint. 4, 2, 28.
5. pŏsĭtio: Quint. 2, 10, 15.
6. lemma, ătis, n. (λῆμμα): he chose a t. on which I sometimes write fugitive verses, l. sibi sumpsit quod ego interdum versibus ludo, Plin. Ep. 4, 27. Phr.: to propose a t. to any one, ponere aliquid alicui de quo disputetur, Cic. Am. 5, 17.
1. propŏsĭtio or propŏsĭtum (the principal subject): also expr. by res simply: thus in Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203 (q. v.): a digression from one's t. is ab re digressio; a return to the t., reditus ad propositum, ad rem; a t., propositio quid sit dicturus, id. ib.
2. quaestio: Cic. Top. 21, 79, says there are two classes of quaestiones; the definite or special "quod ὑποθέσιν Graeci, nos causam;" and the indefinite or general, "quod θέσιν illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare:" so Quint. 3, 5, 5 to 18, who adds that the latter class is also called quaestiones universales, civiles, or philosopho convenientes.
3. argūmentum (a word of wide import; subject): "omnis ad scribendum materia a. appellatur," Quint. 5, 10, 9: Cic.: v.
4. thĕma, ătis, n. (θέμα): certain topics are proposed which we call t.s, certa quaedam ponuntur quae themata dicimus, Quint. 4, 2, 28.
5. pŏsĭtio: Quint. 2, 10, 15.
6. lemma, ătis, n. (λῆμμα): he chose a t. on which I sometimes write fugitive verses, l. sibi sumpsit quod ego interdum versibus ludo, Plin. Ep. 4, 27. Phr.: to propose a t. to any one, ponere aliquid alicui de quo disputetur, Cic. Am. 5, 17.