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 • (themélios) 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 themélios	θεμέλῐον themélion		θεμελῐ́ω themelíō	θεμελῐ́ω themelíō		θεμέλῐοι themélioi	θεμέλῐᾰ themélia
Genitive		θεμελῐ́ου themelíou	θεμελῐ́ου themelíou		θεμελῐ́οιν themelíoin	θεμελῐ́οιν themelíoin		θεμελῐ́ων themelíōn	θεμελῐ́ων themelíōn
Dative		θεμελῐ́ῳ themelíōi	θεμελῐ́ῳ themelíōi		θεμελῐ́οιν themelíoin	θεμελῐ́οιν themelíoin		θεμελῐ́οις themelíois	θεμελῐ́οις themelíois
Accusative		θεμέλῐον themélion	θεμέλῐον themélion		θεμελῐ́ω themelíō	θεμελῐ́ω themelíō		θεμελῐ́ους themelíous	θεμέλῐᾰ themélia
Vocative		θεμέλῐε themélie	θεμέλῐον themélion		θεμελῐ́ω themelíō	θεμελῐ́ω themelíō		θεμέλῐοι themélioi	θεμέλῐᾰ themélia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεμελῐ́ως themelíōs			θεμελῐώτερος themeliṓteros			θεμελῐώτᾰτος themeliṓtatos
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.