thema

thema

1. A subject or theme.
   • 1997, Rocco Caopzzi, Reading Eco: An Anthology, page 111:

     Eco has his own image for this method-spiral repetition: every new exploration elevates the solutions to a higher level by expanding the thema's cognitive context.

   • 2013, Siegfried Wenzel, The Art of Preaching, page 151:

     With regard to its division—which is the second main section [of this treatise]—one must diligently examine the meaning of the words that appear in the thema.

• Hatem, Meath, Mehta, Thame, thame

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma)

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• Hyphenation: the‧ma

thema n (plural thema's or themata, diminutive themaatje n)

1. topic, subject, issue
2. (music) theme

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma/

thema (plural themas)

1. subject (e.g., of conversation)

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.ma/, [ˈtʰɛ.ma]

thema n (genitive thematis); third declension

1. theme, topic
2. the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope

Third declension neuter.

• Themis

• thema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

thema m (plural themas)

1. Obsolete spelling of tema (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).