Θεμίστιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεμῐστός (themistós, “oracular”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.mís.ti.os/ → /θeˈmis.ti.os/ → /θeˈmis.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.mís.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈmis.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈmis.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈmis.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈmis.ti.os/

Proper noun

Θεμίστιος • (Themístios) m (genitive Θεμιστίου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Themistius — famously held by:
   1. Θεμίστιος Εὐφραδής (AD 317–388), Roman statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Θεμίστιος; τοῦ Θεμιστίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θεμίστιος ho Themístios
Genitive	τοῦ Θεμιστίου toû Themistíou
Dative	τῷ Θεμιστίῳ tôi Themistíōi
Accusative	τὸν Θεμίστιον tòn Themístion
Vocative	Θεμίστιε Themístie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Personal names rarely take the definite article.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεμίστιος (Themístios)
• → Latin: Themistius

References

• Θεμίστιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Θεμίστιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter