εὕρημα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, later [[εὕρεμα]] (q. v.), (εὑρίσκω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">invention, discovery, thing discovered not by chance but by thought</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>4</span>; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>432</span>; <b class="b3">πολλῶν λόγων εὑρήμαθ</b>' <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 250</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>561</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>150d</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τύμπανα, Ῥέας… εὑ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>188</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.26.26</span>; opp. [[ὑπηρέτημα]], Antiphoi. 15. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[invention for]] or [[against]] a thing, [[remedy]], τῆσδε συμφορᾶς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>716</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[excuse]], εἰς συκοφαντίαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>472.33</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is found unexpectedly]], i.e. much like [[Ἕρμαιον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[piece of good luck]], [[windfall]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.155</span>; <b class="b3">εὕ. εὕρηκε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">10</span>. δ', <span class="bibl">8.109</span>; <b class="b3">εὕ… κάλλιστον εὕρηκ</b>' <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>533</span>; εὕ… οἷον ηὕρηκας τόδε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>716</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">553</span>; εὑρήμασι πλούσιος ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.190</span>; εὕ. γίγνεται τόδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>606</span>; ἐκείνοις δὲ δυστυχοῦσι εὕ. εἶναι διακινδυνεῦσαι <span class="bibl">Th.5.46</span>; εὕ. ἐδόκει εἶναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.9.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.6.30</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of a child, [[foundling]], εὕ. δέξατ' ἐκ Νυμφᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1106</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1349</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> (in form [[εὕρεμα]]) [[sum realized]] by a sale, <span class="title">SIG</span>1012.11 (Cos, ii/i B.C.); cf. <b class="b3">ἀφ-, ὑπερεύρεμα</b>.</span>