theman.
/ˈθɛmə//ˈθiːmə/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of discourse
matterc1330
lessona1375
contenu1477
content1509
thema1531
commonplace1549
subject matter1598
text1608
clue1656
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gviii A case is appoynted to be moted by certayne yonge men, contaynyng some doubtefull controuersie, which is in stede of the heed of a declamation called thema.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §8. 18 His grand Thema or Historical Position is, That King Charles II. was a concealed Papist.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §47. 53 Another of the Author's Themata or Positions.
2. The stem-form of a word; = theme n. 5.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > stem or base
theme1530
thema1615
crude form1805
base1836
stem1851
base form1864
word base1865
kernel1894
stem-form1928
nucleus1932
base word1935
1615 W. Bedwell Arabian Trudgman in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. L3v, at Alkoran The thema is not Karana,..as they would make vs beleeue: but Kara, which signifieth, to reade.
1883 Athenæum 6 Jan. 15/2 Scholars are still divided as to what thema or base to refer certain forms [of Icelandic nouns].
3. Music. = theme n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme
theme1655
subject1740
testo1786
thema1786
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Thema, (Ital.), the subject.
1871 E. Graeme Beethoven (1876) ii. 27 Beethoven..requested a thema for an improvisation.
4. A dissertation or thesis submitted for a degree; cf. theme n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > thesis
commonplace1595
thesea1600
law-act1645
thesis1653
thema1888
1888 Athenæum 28 July 129/3 ‘The Conflict of East and West in Egypt’..appears to be an enlargement of a thema for the doctorate of Columbia College.
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