θέμεθλα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From τίθημι (títhēmi, “to stand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.me.tʰla/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.me.tʰla/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/
Noun
[edit]θέμεθλᾰ • (thémethla) n pl (genitive θεμέθλων); second declension
- foundations, lowest part, roots
- eye socket (Homer)
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ θέμεθλᾰ tà thémethla | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν θεμέθλων tôn theméthlōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς θεμέθλοις toîs theméthlois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ θέμεθλᾰ tà thémethla | ||||||||||||
Vocative | θέμεθλᾰ thémethla | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “θέμεθλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θέμεθλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θέμεθλα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θέμεθλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θέμεθλα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963