θέμα
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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ατος, τό, (τίθημι)
A that which is placed or laid down: 1 money deposited, deposit, Ceb.31, PCair.Zen.22.11 (iii B.C.), SIG742.58 (Ephesus, i B.C.), Plu.2.116a,b; also, of grain, PRyl.199.12 (i A.D.); ἐν θέματι ἔχειν παρά τινος PTeb.120.125 (i B.C.); treasure, LXX To.4.9. 2 pile, of loaves, ib.Le.24.6,7; θ. βρωμάτων παρακείμενα ἐπὶ τάφῳ ib.Si.30.18. 3 = θήκη, coffer, ib.1 Ki.6.8. 4 position, situation, of land, IG14.217 (Acrae). 5 Astrol., nativity, 'horoscope' (in mod. sense), Suet.Aug.94, Vett.Val.194.20,al., Man. 1.278. 6 either common burial-place or common land, Michel995 B 50 (pl.); private burial-ground, ἡ σορὸς καὶ τὸ βαθρικὸν καὶ τὸ ὑποκείμενον θ. Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis 208, cf. 124,al.; θέμα· ἕξις, τόπος, στάσις, μνῆμα, Hsch. II something proposed as a prize, IG 9(1).12 (Ambryssus), SIG867.67 (Ephesus, ii A.D.), Sammelb.6222.27 (iii A.D.). III case proposed for discussion, theme of an argument, Quint.4.2.28, D.L.7.78. b proposition, premiss, θ. ὁμολογούμενα Longin.32.8. c case, in Law, Just.Nov.2.3Intr., 4.2 (pl.), dub. in IG4.364 (cf. Supp.Epigr.1.64). 2 arbitrary determination, opp. φύσις, ὁ κατὰ θέμα καλὸς λόγος Phld.Rh.1.151 S.; νόμοις καὶ θέμασιν διαφέρειν ib.259 S., cf. Po.5.22. 3 in Gramm., primary (non-derivative) element or form, A.D.Pron.11.21, al., cf. Synt.47.22; of the present tense, τὸ θ., ἀμύσσω· ὁ μέλλων, ἀμύξω EM88.13. 4 in Stoic Logic, mode of reduction of an irregular syllogism, Stoic.2.77,83,al.
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[Seite 1193] τό, das Gesetzte, Aufgestellte, bes. eine aufgestellte Behauptung, der Satz, bes. solche, über die in den Rhetorenschulen Deklamationen gehalten wurden, Rhett. – Das beim Wechsler niedergelegte Geld, Depositum, οἱ τραπεζῖται ἀπαιτούμενοι τὰ θέματα οὐ δυσχεραίνουσιν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπ οδόσει Plut. Consol. ad Apoll. p. 354, öfter. – Der ausgesetzte Preis, bes. der Kampfpreis für die Athleten, Inscr. – Bei den Gramm. die Stammform, von der in der Deklination u. Conjugation die übrigen Formen abgeleitet werden.