θεμέλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to put”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.mé.li.os/ → /θeˈme.li.os/ → /θeˈme.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.mé.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈme.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈme.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈme.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈme.li.os/

Adjective

θεμέλῐος • (themélĭos) m or f (neuter θεμέλῐον); second declension

1. belonging to the foundation
2. (as a masculine or neuter substantive, sc. λίθος (líthos)) foundation-stone, foundation, basis

Inflection

Second declension of θεμέλῐος; θεμέλῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεμέλῐος themélĭos	θεμέλῐον themélĭon		θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō	θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō		θεμέλῐοι themélĭoi	θεμέλῐᾰ themélĭă
Genitive		θεμελῐ́ου themelĭ́ou	θεμελῐ́ου themelĭ́ou		θεμελῐ́οιν themelĭ́oin	θεμελῐ́οιν themelĭ́oin		θεμελῐ́ων themelĭ́ōn	θεμελῐ́ων themelĭ́ōn
Dative		θεμελῐ́ῳ themelĭ́ōi	θεμελῐ́ῳ themelĭ́ōi		θεμελῐ́οιν themelĭ́oin	θεμελῐ́οιν themelĭ́oin		θεμελῐ́οις themelĭ́ois	θεμελῐ́οις themelĭ́ois
Accusative		θεμέλῐον themélĭon	θεμέλῐον themélĭon		θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō	θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō		θεμελῐ́ους themelĭ́ous	θεμέλῐᾰ themélĭă
Vocative		θεμέλῐε themélĭe	θεμέλῐον themélĭon		θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō	θεμελῐ́ω themelĭ́ō		θεμέλῐοι themélĭoi	θεμέλῐᾰ themélĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεμελῐ́ως themelĭ́ōs			θεμελῐώτερος themelĭṓteros			θεμελῐώτᾰτος themelĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “θεμέλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεμέλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεμέλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2310 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • foot idem, page 333.