Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
sirpe: is, n. σίλφιον,
I a plant, called also silphium and laser, asafœtida, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 16; Sol. 27, § 48.