theorem

THEOREM

praeceptum (Cic. Fat. 6 11 as a translation of the Greek word which Gell. first uses as Latin theorema).

theorem: theōrēma, ătis, n. (dat. pl. theorematis), Gell. 1, 2. Dimin. theorematium, id. 1, 13. Cic. Fat. 6, 11 says, "percepta, quae dicuntur Graece θεωρήματα." It may also be rendered more widely by ratio, as in Cic. Off. 2, 3, 9 (cf. Nägelsb. Styl. 171): v. PROPOSITION.