θέμις
See also: Θέμις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the stem of τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, possibly combined with the stem of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Beekes[1] prefers to consider it of Pre-Greek origin, but this is dismissed by Beckwith, Nikolaev, and others.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.mis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.mis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.mis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.mis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.mis/
Noun
θέμῐς • (thémis) f (genitive θέμιστος or θέμῐδος or θέμῐτος or θέμῐος); third declension
- old, established law or custom
- divinely ordained justice
Declension
Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐστος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θέμῐς hē thémis | τὼ θέμῐστε tṑ thémiste | αἱ θέμῐστες hai thémistes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θέμῐστος tês thémistos | τοῖν θεμῐ́στοιν toîn themístoin | τῶν θεμιστέων tôn themistéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θέμῐστῐ têi thémisti | τοῖν θεμῐ́στοιν toîn themístoin | ταῖς θέμῐσσῐ / θέμῐσσῐν taîs thémissi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θέμῐστᾰ tḕn thémista | τὼ θέμῐστε tṑ thémiste | τᾱ̀ς θέμῐστᾰς tā̀s thémistas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέμῐς thémis | θέμῐστε thémiste | θέμῐστες thémistes | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θέμῐς hē thémis | τὼ θέμῐδε tṑ thémide | αἱ θέμῐδες hai thémides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θέμῐδος tês thémidos | τοῖν θεμῐ́δοιν toîn themídoin | τῶν θεμῐ́δων tôn themídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θέμῐδῐ têi thémidi | τοῖν θεμῐ́δοιν toîn themídoin | ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θέμῐδᾰ tḕn thémida | τὼ θέμῐδε tṑ thémide | τᾱ̀ς θέμῐδᾰς tā̀s thémidas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέμῐς thémis | θέμῐδε thémide | θέμῐδες thémides | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θέμῐς hē thémis | τὼ θέμῐτε tṑ thémite | αἱ θέμῐτες hai thémites | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θέμῐτος tês thémitos | τοῖν θεμῐ́τοιν toîn themítoin | τῶν θεμῐ́των tôn themítōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θέμῐτῐ têi thémiti | τοῖν θεμῐ́τοιν toîn themítoin | ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θέμῐτᾰ tḕn thémita | τὼ θέμῐτε tṑ thémite | τᾱ̀ς θέμῐτᾰς tā̀s thémitas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέμῐς thémis | θέμῐτε thémite | θέμῐτες thémites | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θέμῐς hē thémis | τὼ θέμῐε tṑ thémie | αἱ θέμῐες hai thémies | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θέμῐος tês thémios | τοῖν θεμῐ́οιν toîn themíoin | τῶν θεμῐ́ων tôn themíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θέμῑ têi thémī | τοῖν θεμῐ́οιν toîn themíoin | ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θέμῐν tḕn thémin | τὼ θέμῐε tṑ thémie | τᾱ̀ς θέμῑς / θέμῐᾰς tā̀s thémīs / thémias | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέμῐ thémi | θέμῐε thémie | θέμῐες thémies | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Θέμις (Thémis)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “θέμις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θέμις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θέμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- incumbent idem, page 431.
- justice idem, page 466.
- lawful idem, page 480.
- right idem, page 714.
- themis idem, page 865.