θέμερος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), the same root of θεμέλιος (themélios, “foundation, basis”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.me.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.me.ros/
Adjective
[edit]θέμερος • (thémeros)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: βέβαιος (bébaios, “firm, steady”), σεμνός (semnós, “revered, holy”), εὐσταθής (eustathḗs, “stable”).
Derived terms
[edit]- θεμερόφρων (themeróphrōn)
- θεμερύνομαι (themerúnomai)
- θεμερῶπις (themerôpis)
References
[edit]- “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