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lemma
1[ lem-uh ]
noun
, plural lem·mas, lem·ma·ta [lem, -, uh, -t, uh].
- a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- an argument, theme, or subject, especially when indicated in a heading.
- a word or phrase that is glossed; headword.
lemma
2[ lem-uh ]
noun
, Botany.
, plural lem·mas.
- a bract in a grass spikelet just below the pistil and stamens.
lemma
1/ ˈlɛmə /
lemma
2/ ˈlɛmə /
noun
- a subsidiary proposition, proved for use in the proof of another proposition
- linguistics a word considered as its citation form together with all the inflected forms. For example, the lemma go consists of go together with goes, going, went, and gone
- an argument or theme, esp when used as the subject or title of a composition
lemma
/ lĕm′ə /
, Plural lemmas lĕm′ə-tə
- The outer or lower of the two bracts enclosing one of the flowers within a grass spikelet.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lemma1
1560–70; < Latin: theme, title, epigram < Greek lêmma something received, premise, akin to lambánein to take, receive, take for granted
Origin of lemma2
1745–55; < Greek lémma shell, husk, akin to lépein to peel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lemma1
C19: from Greek: rind, from lepein to peel
Origin of lemma2
C16 (meaning: proposition), C17 (meaning: title, theme): via Latin from Greek: premise, from lambanein to take (for granted)
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Example Sentences
Some American Authors have recently adopted for the flowering glume the term lemma introduced by Piper.
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The method of exhaustion used, for the purpose of proof by reductio ad absurdum, the lemma proved in Eucl.
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His apparatus is the first to supply a lemma for each variant reading reported, and is clear and easy to read.
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The lemma in his note is Oratesque, the reading of Daniel Heinsius' edition.
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