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θέμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέμα θέματος

Structure: θεματ (Stem)

Etym.: ti/qhmi + -ma

Sense

  1. That which is laid down, placed, proposed
  2. pile
  3. pledge of money, deposit
  4. horoscope
  5. prize
  6. main topic, theme, proposition
  7. (grammar) primary word, root

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιθήσετε αὐτοὺσ δύο θέματα, ἓξ ἄρτουσ τὸ ἓν θέμα ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὴν καθαρὰν ἔναντι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 24:6)
  • καὶ ἐπιθήσετε ἐπὶ τὸ θέμα λίβανον καθαρὸν καὶ ἅλα, καὶ ἔσονται εἰσ ἄρτουσ εἰσ ἀνάμνησιν προκείμενα τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 24:7)
  • καὶ ἔθεντο τὴν κιβωτὸν Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν καὶ τὸ θέμα ἐργὰβ καὶ τοὺσ μῦσ τοὺσ χρυσοῦσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:11)
  • καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἀνήνεγκαν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τὸ θέμα ἐργὰβ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰ ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ ἔθεντο ἐπὶ τοῦ λίθου τοῦ μεγάλου, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρεσ Βαιθσαμὺσ ἀνήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεισ καὶ θυσίασ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:15)
  • θέμα γὰρ ἀγαθὸν θησαυρίζεισ σεαυτῷ εἰσ ἡμέραν ἀνάγκησ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:9)
  • υἱοὶ Βαρκόσ, υἱοὶ Σισάρα, υἱοὶ Θεμά, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 2:53)

Synonyms

  1. pile

  2. pledge of money

  3. horoscope

  4. prize

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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