θέμις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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θέμῐς (thémisf (genitive θέμιστος or θέμῐδος or θέμῐτος or θέμῐος); third declension

  1. old, established law or custom
  2. divinely ordained justice

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.