φῐλοσόφ-ημα,ατος,τό,
A. a subject of scientific inquiryora philosophic treatise,
ἐν τοῖς ἐγκυκλίοις φ.
Arist. Cael. 279a30
; of the poems of Homer as allegorized, Plb. 34.4.4 .
2. in Logic,demonstration,
ἔστι φ. συλλογισμὸς ἀποδεικτικός
Arist. Top. 162a15
.
3. philosophic principle, rule of conduct,
Plu. 2.1125b , Gal. Anim.Pass. 1.3 .
4. shrewd deviceorinvention,
Plu. 2.269b .