Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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 λήψεσθε τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ θήσετε αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ ἀποδώσετε αὐτῇ τῆσ βασάνου καὶ θήσετε ἐν θέματι βερσεχθὰν ἐκ μέρουσ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐξαποστελεῖτε αὐτὴν καὶ ἀπελάσατε αὐτήν, καὶ ἀπελεύσεται. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:8)

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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