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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lemma #125646 03/21/2004 1:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Sat Jun 20 00:04:24 EDT 1998 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--lemma lemma (LEM-uh) noun [plural lemmas or lemmata (LEM-uh-tuh)] 1. A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition. 2. A theme, an argument, or a subject indicated in a title. 3. A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing. [Latin lemma, from Greek, from lambanein, to take.] lemma (LEM-uh) noun Botany. The outer or lower of the two bracts that enclose the flower in a grass spikelet. [Greek, husk, from lepein, to peel.] I also remember calculus prof using "lemma" as name for a small part of a proof, similar to an axiom in geometry. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lemma #125647 03/22/2004 3:26 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I mainly know lemma as a term in lexicography. It's the form of a word used to mark an entry: e.g., in English we use the singular form of a noun or the infinitival form of a verb (sans 'to'). In Latin, the nominative and geneitive singulars of nouns are used: the former for the entry proper, and the latter for determining which declension the noun belongs to. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter In Portuguese... #125648 03/22/2004 3:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York lema means "motto." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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