Λήματα

resolutions

Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] prophecies. Also a term for apophthegms [coming] from one's own heart.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λήματα· προφητεῖαι. λέγεται δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐξ οἰκείας καρδίας ἀποφθέγματα.

Betacode

*lh/mata: profhtei=ai. le/getai de\ kai\ ta\ e)c oi)kei/as kardi/as a)pofqe/gmata.

Same entry elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda265 Theodoridis. The neuter plural headword should be lh/mmata "premisses, sayings". (On this difference of spelling cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, under lambda 441.)
The "prophecy" meaning is LSJ s.v. lh=mma IV, "burden or commission of prophecy", exemplified by several passages in the Septuagint; and as Theodoridis notes, the lexicographers' plural is likely to be quoted from Lamentations 2:14.

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