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 prefers to consider it of Pre-Greek origin, but this is dismissed by Beckwith, Nikolaev, and others.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.mis/ → /ˈθe.mis/ → /ˈθe.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.mis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.mis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.mis/

Noun

θέμῐς • (thémĭs) f (genitive θέμιστος or θέμῐδος or θέμῐτος or θέμῐος); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐστος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θέμῐς hē thémĭs	τὼ θέμῐστε tṑ thémĭste	αἱ θέμῐστες hai thémĭstes
Genitive	τῆς θέμῐστος tês thémĭstos	τοῖν θεμῐ́στοιν toîn themĭ́stoin	τῶν θεμιστέων tôn themistéōn
Dative	τῇ θέμῐστῐ têi thémĭstĭ	τοῖν θεμῐ́στοιν toîn themĭ́stoin	ταῖς θέμῐσσῐ / θέμῐσσῐν taîs thémĭssĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θέμῐστᾰ tḕn thémĭstă	τὼ θέμῐστε tṑ thémĭste	τᾱ̀ς θέμῐστᾰς tā̀s thémĭstăs
Vocative	θέμῐς thémĭs	θέμῐστε thémĭste	θέμῐστες thémĭstes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θέμῐς hē thémĭs	τὼ θέμῐδε tṑ thémĭde	αἱ θέμῐδες hai thémĭdes
Genitive	τῆς θέμῐδος tês thémĭdos	τοῖν θεμῐ́δοιν toîn themĭ́doin	τῶν θεμῐ́δων tôn themĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ θέμῐδῐ têi thémĭdĭ	τοῖν θεμῐ́δοιν toîn themĭ́doin	ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θέμῐδᾰ tḕn thémĭdă	τὼ θέμῐδε tṑ thémĭde	τᾱ̀ς θέμῐδᾰς tā̀s thémĭdăs
Vocative	θέμῐς thémĭs	θέμῐδε thémĭde	θέμῐδες thémĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θέμῐς hē thémĭs	τὼ θέμῐτε tṑ thémĭte	αἱ θέμῐτες hai thémĭtes
Genitive	τῆς θέμῐτος tês thémĭtos	τοῖν θεμῐ́τοιν toîn themĭ́toin	τῶν θεμῐ́των tôn themĭ́tōn
Dative	τῇ θέμῐτῐ têi thémĭtĭ	τοῖν θεμῐ́τοιν toîn themĭ́toin	ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θέμῐτᾰ tḕn thémĭtă	τὼ θέμῐτε tṑ thémĭte	τᾱ̀ς θέμῐτᾰς tā̀s thémĭtăs
Vocative	θέμῐς thémĭs	θέμῐτε thémĭte	θέμῐτες thémĭtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Third declension of ἡ θέμῐς; τῆς θέμῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θέμῐς hē thémĭs	τὼ θέμῐε tṑ thémĭe	αἱ θέμῐες hai thémĭes
Genitive	τῆς θέμῐος tês thémĭos	τοῖν θεμῐ́οιν toîn themĭ́oin	τῶν θεμῐ́ων tôn themĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ θέμῑ têi thémī	τοῖν θεμῐ́οιν toîn themĭ́oin	ταῖς θέμῐσῐ / θέμῐσῐν taîs thémĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θέμῐν tḕn thémĭn	τὼ θέμῐε tṑ thémĭe	τᾱ̀ς θέμῑς / θέμῐᾰς tā̀s thémīs / thémĭăs
Vocative	θέμῐ thémĭ	θέμῐε thémĭe	θέμῐες thémĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θέμις (Thémis)

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^[1], 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.