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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[λαμβάνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> anything [[receive]]d, opp. [[δόμα]], Antig. ap. Plu.2.182e; [[λῆμμα]] καὶ [[ἀνάλωμα]] = [[receipt]] and [[expense]], Lys.32.20, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 920c, Anaxandr.26; [[ἀνενεγκεῖν]] ([[ἐνενεγκεῖν]] Pap.) <b class="b3">ἐν λήμματι</b> [[place]] to [[credit]], PEleph.15.4 (iii B.C.), cf. ''BGU''1346.2 (i B.C.), etc.: generally, [[gain]], [[profit]], D.5.12, etc.; λ. τι κέρδους Id.45.14; especially of [[unjust]] [[gain]], Din. 1.45; <b class="b3">παντὸς ἥττων λήμματος</b> [[unable]] to [[resist]] any [[temptation]] of [[gain]], D.19.339; ὥσπερ ἂν τρυτάνη ἐπὶ τὸ λ. ῥέπειν Id.18.298; λ. λαβεῖν Id.21.28, 27.39: freq. in plural, S.''Ant.''313, D.8.25, etc.; τὰ λ. τοῦ ἀργυρίου Id.49.57; λημμάτων [[μετέχειν]] Id.58.40; τἀπὸ Θρᾴκης λ. ἕλκουσι δεῦρο Antiph.196.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Logic, [[statement]] [[take]]n as [[true]], [[assumption]]; esp. [[premise]] in a [[syllogism]], ἐπὶ λ. τῷ τοιούτῳ A.D.''Synt.''245.13; τὰ οἰκεῖα τῇ ἐπιστήμῃ λ. Arist.''Top.''101a14; <b class="b3">λήμματα τιθέναι</b> ib. 156a21, cf. Gell.9.16, Phld.''Rh.''1.9 S.; prop. the [[major]] [[premise]] (the [[minor]] being [[πρόσληψις]]), Crinis ''Stoic.''3.269; later, <b class="b3">ἀποδεικτικὰ λήμματα παρασχεῖν</b> [[offer]] [[scientific]] [[proof]]s, Gal.14.627.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[matter]], [[substance]], or [[argument]] of a [[sentence]], etc., opp. form or style ([[λέξις]]), D.H.''Dem.''20, Longin.15.10, etc.: hence, [[title]] or [[argument]] of an [[epigram]], Lat. [[lemma]], Mart.14.2; [[theme]] or [[thesis]], Plin.''Ep.''4.27.3, Mart.10.59; [[nutricis lemmata]], '[[baby]] [[song]]s', Aus.''Ep.''12.90.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in LXX, [[burden]] laid on one, [[commission]] [[received]], especially of [[prophecy]], Na. 1.1, ''Je.''23.33, al.; even, λῆμμα ἰδεῖν ''Hb.''1.1, cf. ''La.''2.14.