__6 character, characteristic propetry of a thing, [πόλεως] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89; πολιτείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάσιλείας σ. ἔχει the form of monarchy, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1160b25; τὸ σ. τῆς λέξεως δεῖ μήτε ἔμμετρον εἶναι μήτε ἄρρυθμον [prev. author] “Rh.” 1408b21 (but τὰ σ. τῆς λέξεως] Refs 4th c.BC+] the forms (modes) used in poetry, such as entreaty, threat, command, [[ [prev. author] “Po.” 1456b9)] Refs]; τὰ τῆς κωμῳδίας σ. its characteristic forms, [[[prev. work] 1448b36 ] Refs]; ἐν σχήματι νόμου in form of law, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀπολογίας σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μύθου σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῆς διαίτης σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.582; αἱ κατὰ σχήματα πυρετῶν διαφοραί [prev. author] 19.183. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 a figure in Dancing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1485 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, figures, gestures (compare σχημάτιον), [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 221, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 669d, epigram cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.732f, etc.; σχήματα πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν ὀρχεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν.. μουσικῇ καὶ σχήματα.. καὶ μέλη ἔνεστι figures and tunes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 655a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of the postures of an athlete, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.183 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, posture, position, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 538 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 3, 14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the foetus, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.55 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ τῆς κατακλίσεως σ. the patient's attitude as he lies in bed, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.578, compare 665; compare σχηματίζω 11.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7.b Rhet., figure of speech, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 536c, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Brutus.” 37.141, etc.; [ἡ τοῦ Θουκυδίδου φράσις] πλήρης σχημάτων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 5, compare “Amm.” 2.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; for σ. Πινδαρικόν, etc., see [[ Herodianus Rhetor “de Figuris - Rhet.” p.100S. ] Refs]
__7.c in Logic, figure of a syllogism, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 26b33, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 59. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7.d τὸ σ. τῆς λέξεως, both the grammatical form of a sentence, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b10, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.709, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; and its rhythmical form, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” [prev. cited] above 6, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7.e grammatical form of a word, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.23, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 635.21, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 17.25, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__8.d configuration of birds in augury, τοῖς τῶν γυναικῶν σχήμασι σῷ ζεσθαι to be saved by the configurations (of birds) appropriate to women, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.445. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__9 in Tactics, military formation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
