axiomata

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăksĭōʹmətə, IPA^(key): /æksɪˈəʊmətə/

Noun

axiomata pl

1. plural of axiom
2. plural of axioma
   • 1882, Alfred William Benn, The Greek Philosophers, page 375:

     We do, indeed, find mention made of axiomata or general propositions to a greater extent than in the Organon, but they are never clearly distinguished…

   • 1947, Theodore van Schelven, An Introduction to Definitive Philosophy and Basic Psychology, page 34:

     These pairs of extra-monads contain 32 ideas; so there may be 16 groups of axiomata in the theory of numbers, and 16 groups of axiomata in common or indefinite…

   • 1985, William Kneale, Martha Kneale, The Development of Logic, page 53:

     The truth of other axiomata would have to be defined in terms of the truth of these.

   • 1987, Paul Guyer, Kant and the Claims of Knowledge, page 65:

     Kant refers to these principles as “axioms” (axiomata)…

   • 2003, J. J. Van Der Leeuw, Conquest of Illusion, page 52:

     These axiomata themselves are self-evident to us; we do not feel that they need proving and recognize them intuitively.

   • 2003, Brad Inwood, The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, page 261:

     The only text (S. E. M VII 246 = SVF 2.65 = LS 3oF) that seems to offer evidence that individual impressions might be correlated with multiple axiomata is…

Latin

Noun

axiōmata

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of axiōma