εὕρημα, ατος, τό,
later εὕρεμα (which see), (εὑρίσκω) invention, discovery, thing discovered not by chance but by thought, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 4; ἀριθμῶν καὶ μέτρων εὑρήματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν λόγων εὑρήμαθ᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 250, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 561, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150d, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύμπανα, Ῥέας.. εὑ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 59, compare “HF” 188 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν εὑ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ὑπηρέτημα, Antiphoi. 15.
__2 with genitive, invention for or against a thing, remedy, τῆσδε συμφορᾶς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 716. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 excuse, εἰς συκοφαντίαν [[ “POxy.” 472.33 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II that which is found unexpectedly, i.e. much like{Ἕρμαιον} (which see), piece of good luck, windfall, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.155; εὕ. εὕρηκε [prev. work] 10. δ᾽, 8.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὕ... κάλλιστον εὕρηκ᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 533; εὕ... οἷον ηὕρηκας τόδε [prev. author] “Med.” 716, compare 553; εὑρήμασι πλούσιος ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.190; εὕ. γίγνεται τόδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 606; ἐκείνοις δὲ δυστυχοῦσι εὕ. εἶναι διακινδυνεῦσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46; εὕ. ἐδόκει εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.13, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.26, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.30, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]