Θέμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέμις ("law, custom"), generally derived 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-, although Beekes considers it of origin.

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/

Proper noun

Θέμῐς • (Thémis) f (genitive Θέμῐδος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Themis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θέμῐς; τῆς Θέμῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θέμῐς hē Thémis
Genitive	τῆς Θέμῐδος tês Thémidos
Dative	τῇ Θέμῐδῐ têi Thémidi
Accusative	τὴν Θέμῐδᾰ tḕn Thémida
Vocative	Θέμῐς Thémis
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.

Descendants

• Greek: Θέμις (Thémis); Θέμιδα (Thémida)
• Latin: Themis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027