θέμερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), the same root of θεμέλιος (themélios, “foundation, basis”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/ → /ˈθe.me.ros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.me.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/

Adjective

θέμερος • (thémeros)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: βέβαιος (bébaios, “firm, steady”), σεμνός (semnós, “revered, holy”), εὐσταθής (eustathḗs, “stable”).

Derived terms

• θεμερόφρων (themeróphrōn)
• θεμερύνομαι (themerúnomai)
• θεμερῶπις (themerôpis)

 

References

• “θέμερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: θ