θεσμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεθμός (thethmós) — Laconian
• τεθμός (tethmós) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Welsh deddf (“act, statute”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰez.mós/ → /θezˈmos/ → /θezˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰez.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰezˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θezˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θezˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θezˈmos/

Noun

θεσμός • (thesmós) m (genitive θεσμοῦ); second declension

1. that which is laid down, law, ordinance
2. (in general) rule, precept, rite
3. institution, tribunal
4. site, place

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θεσμός; τοῦ θεσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θεσμός ho thesmós	τὼ θεσμώ tṑ thesmṓ	οἱ θεσμοί hoi thesmoí
Genitive	τοῦ θεσμοῦ toû thesmoû	τοῖν θεσμοῖν toîn thesmoîn	τῶν θεσμῶν tôn thesmôn
Dative	τῷ θεσμῷ tôi thesmôi	τοῖν θεσμοῖν toîn thesmoîn	τοῖς θεσμοῖς toîs thesmoîs
Accusative	τὸν θεσμόν tòn thesmón	τὼ θεσμώ tṑ thesmṓ	τοὺς θεσμούς toùs thesmoús
Vocative	θεσμέ thesmé	θεσμώ thesmṓ	θεσμοί thesmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔνθεσμος (énthesmos)
• θέσμιος (thésmios)
• θεσμοδότης (thesmodótēs)
• θεσμοθέτης (thesmothétēs)
• θεσμοποιέω (thesmopoiéō)
• θεσμοπόλος (thesmopólos)
• θεσμοσύνη (thesmosúnē)
• θεσμοφόρος (thesmophóros)
• θεσμοφύλαξ (thesmophúlax)
• θεσμῳδός (thesmōidós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: θεσμός (thesmós)

Further reading

• “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θεσμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θεσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεσμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”).

Noun

θεσμός • (thesmós) m (plural θεσμοί)

1. institution (society custom or practice)

   Ο γάμος αποτελεί θεσμό που επινόησαν οι κοινωνίες.

   O gámos apoteleí thesmó pou epinóisan oi koinoníes.

   Marriage is an institution invented by society.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θεσμός (thesmós)	θεσμοί (thesmoí)
genitive	θεσμού (thesmoú)	θεσμών (thesmón)
accusative	θεσμό (thesmó)	θεσμούς (thesmoús)
vocative	θεσμέ (thesmé)	θεσμοί (thesmoí)