Hypothesis

Hypothesis
Hy|po|the|sis
die; -, ...thesen
<aus gr. hypóthesis »Grundlage, Voraussetzung«, vgl. ↑Hypothese>
von alexandrinischen Gelehrten verfasste literaturhistorische u. ästhetische Einleitung zu den von ihnen herausgegebenen griech. Dramen.

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