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.
Orosĭus: ii, m.,
I an ecclesiastic of Tarragona, in Spain, who flourished A. D. 500; he wrote, by the advice of St. Augustine, and to confute the pagans, a history from the beginning of the world to his own times: Historiarum libri VII. adversus Paganos.