εὕρημα
Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, later εὕρεμα (q. v.), (εὑρίσκω)
A invention, discovery, thing discovered not by chance but by thought, Hp.VM4; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα S.Fr.432; πολλῶν λόγων εὑρήμαθ' E.Hec. 250, cf.Ar.Nu.561, Pl.Tht.150d, al.; τύμπανα, Ῥέας . . εὑ. E.Ba.59, cf. HF188; τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑ. D.26.26; opp. ὑπηρέτημα, Antiphoi. 15. 2 c. gen., invention for or against a thing, remedy, τῆσδε συμφορᾶς E.Hipp.716. 3 excuse, εἰς συκοφαντίαν POxy.472.33 (ii A.D.). II that which is found unexpectedly, i.e. much like Ἕρμαιον (q.v.), piece of good luck, windfall, Hdt.7.155; εὕ. εὕρηκε ib.10. δ', 8.109; εὕ . . . κάλλιστον εὕρηκ' E.Heracl.533; εὕ . . . οἷον ηὕρηκας τόδε Id.Med.716, cf. 553; εὑρήμασι πλούσιος ἐγένετο Hdt.7.190; εὕ. γίγνεται τόδε E.El.606; ἐκείνοις δὲ δυστυχοῦσι εὕ. εἶναι διακινδυνεῦσαι Th.5.46; εὕ. ἐδόκει εἶναι X.An.7.3.13, cf. Is.9.26, Herod.6.30, etc. 2 of a child, foundling, εὕ. δέξατ' ἐκ Νυμφᾶν S.OT1106 (lyr.), cf. E.Ion1349. III (in form εὕρεμα) sum realized by a sale, SIG1012.11 (Cos, ii/i B.C.); cf. ἀφ-, ὑπερεύρεμα.
