εὕρημα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εὑρήματος, τό, later [[εὕρεμα]], ([[εὑρίσκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[invention]], [[discovery]], [[find]], [[thing discovered not by chance but by thought]], Hp.''VM''4; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''432; <b class="b3">πολλῶν λόγων εὑρήμαθ</b>' E.''Hec.'' 250, cf.Ar.''Nu.''561, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''150d, al.; <b class="b3">τύμπανα, Ῥέας… εὑ.</b> E.''Ba.''59, cf. ''HF''188; <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑρήματα</b> D.26.26; opp. [[ὑπηρέτημα]], Antiphoi. 15.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[invention for]] or [[invention against]] a thing, [[remedy]], τῆσδε συμφορᾶς E.''Hipp.''716.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[excuse]], εἰς [[συκοφαντία]]ν ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''472.33 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is found unexpectedly]], i.e. much like [[ἕρμαιον]], [[piece of good luck]], [[windfall]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.155; <b class="b3">εὕ. εὕρηκε</b> ib.10. δ', 8.109; <b class="b3">εὕ… κάλλιστον εὕρηκ</b>' E.''Heracl.''533; εὕ… οἷον ηὕρηκας τόδε Id.''Med.''716, cf. 553; εὑρήμασι [[πλούσιος]] ἐγένετο [[Herodotus|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of a [[child]], [[foundling]], εὕ. δέξατ' ἐκ Νυμφᾶν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1106 (lyr.), cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''1349.<br><span class="bld">III</span> (in form [[εὕρεμα]]) [[sum realized]] by a [[sale]], ''SIG''1012.11 (Cos, ii/i B.C.); cf. [[ἀφεύρεμα]], [[ὑπερεύρεμα]].