Thema, controuersiæ declamandæ argumentum. Quint. A shcame: an argumeut: a matter proposed to be mritten or disputed of. Thema. Suet A figure set by an Autanomer, contayning % state of heauen and the plauets at any certaine time.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
thĕma, ătis, n., = qe/ma.I.A subject or topic treated of, a theme (post-Aug.): Scholastici exempla cum dixerunt, volunt et illa ad aliquod controversiae thema redigere, Sen. Contr. 3, 20 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 28med.; Quint. 4, 2, 28; 4, 2, 91; 7, 2, 54; 9, 2, 85 al.—II.The position of the celestial signs at one's birth, a nativity, horoscope, Suet. Aug. 94 fin.