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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

  • ἔχομεν γὰρ τὸ ζῆν ὥσπερ παρὰ καταθεμένοισ θεοῖσ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ, καὶ τούτου χρόνοσ οὐδείσ ἐστιν ὡρισμένοσ τῆσ ἀποδόσεωσ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τοῖσ τραπεζίταισ τῆσ τῶν θεμάτων, ἀλλ’ ἄδηλον πόθ’ ὁ δοὺσ ἀπαιτήσει. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 28 7:4)
  • συλλογιστικοὶ μὲν οὖν εἰσιν οἱ ἤτοι ἀναπόδεικτοι ὄντεσ ἢ ἀναγόμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἀναποδείκτουσ κατά τι τῶν θεμάτων ἤ τινα, οἱο͂ν οἱ τοιοῦτοι "εἰ περιπατεῖ Δίων, <κινεῖται Δίων· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 78:3)

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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