εὕρημα

heurema

invention, discovery, thing discovered not by chance but by thought

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Euthydemus 1
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290c6
Hippias Minor 1
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372c7
Ion 1
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534e1
Letters 1
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313b1
Minos 1
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321a4
Protagoras 1
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326d6
Theaetetus 1
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150d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὕρημα, ατος, τό, later εὕρεμα (q. v.), (εὑρίσκω) A. invention, discovery, thing discovered not by chance but by thought, Hp. VM 4; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα S. Fr. 432; πολλῶν λόγων εὑρήμαθʼ E. Hec. 250, cf.Ar. Nu. 561, Pl. Tht. 150d, al.; τύμπανα, Ῥέας . . εὑ. E. Ba. 59, cf. HF 188; τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑ. D. 26.26; opp. ὑπηρέτημα, Antiphoi. 15. 2. c. gen., invention for or against a thing, remedy, τῆσδε συμφορᾶς E. Hipp. 716. 3. excuse, εἰς συκοφαντίαν POxy. 472.33 (ii A.D.). II. that which is found unexpectedly, i.e. much like Ἕρμαιον (q.v.), piece of good luck, windfall, Hdt. 7.155; εὕ. εὕρηκε ib.10.δʹ, 8.109; εὕ . . . κάλλιστον εὕρηκʼ E. Heracl. 533; εὕ . . . οἷον ηὕρηκας τόδε Id. Med. 716, cf. 553; εὑρήμασι πλούσιος ἐγένετο 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. 2. of a child, foundling, εὕ. δέξατʼ ἐκ Νυμφᾶν S. OT 1106 (lyr.), cf. E. Ion 1349. III. (in form εὕρεμα) sum realized by a sale, SIG 1012.11 (Cos, ii/i B.C.); cf. ἀφ-, ὑπερεύρεμα.

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