θεώρημα
οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνειν → chase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A sight, spectacle, λόγοι καὶ θεωρήματα D.18.68; θ. καὶ ἀκροάματα Aristox.Fr. Hist.15; θ. καὶ ἀκούσματα D.C.52.30: generally, festival, ὅσα Μουσῶν ὠσὶν ἔχεται θεωρήματα Pl.Lg.953a. 2 object of contemplation, τὸ ἐν ἡμῖν φάντασμα δεῖ ὑπολαβεῖν . . εἶναι θ. Arist.Mem.450b25; vision, Id.Div.Somn.463b19; intuition, θ. κοινά Chrysipp.Stoic.3.72,al., cf. Phld.Po.5.25 (pl.). II of the mind, speculation, theory, Arist. Metaph.1083b18, Top.104b1; τὰ κατὰ φυσιολογίαν θ. Metrod.Herc.831.8; speculative proposition, M.Ant.1.8. b datum or rule of art, Cic.Fam.6.11 (pl.); τέχνης θ. Phld.Rh.2.94S.,al.(pl.), cf. Stoic.3.51; ἰατρικῆς θ. Corn.ND33 (pl.); scheme, plan, Plb.6.26.10: pl., θεωρήματα, τά, arts and sciences, Id.10.47.12; αἱ τέχναι ἐκ -ημάτων εἰσίν Gal.1.106. c Math., theorem, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1Prooem., al., Papp.30.6, al., Procl.in Euc.p.201 F.; also ἀστρονομικὰ θ. Phlp.in Mete.104.19. 2 subject of investigation, Plb.1.2.1, D.H.Comp. 2. b investigation, Plu.2.1131c.
