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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)
  • ἀγαθὰ ἐκκεχυμένα ἐπὶ στόματι κεκλεισμένῳ, θέματα βρωμάτων παρακείμενα ἐπὶ τάφῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 30:18)
  • οὐ δεῖ οὖν δυσφορεῖν, ἐὰν ἃ ἔχρησαν ἡμῖν πρὸσ ὀλίγον, ταῦτ’ ἀπαιτῶσιν οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ τραπεζῖται, καθάπερ εἰώθαμεν λέγειν πολλάκισ , ἀπαιτούμενοι τὰ θέματα δυσχεραίνουσιν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀποδόσει, ἐάνπερ εὐγνωμονῶσι. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 28 5:1)

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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