Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θέμις

; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέμις θέμιος

Etym.: QE, Root of ti/qhmi

Sense

  1. that which is laid down or established by custom, fas, lex, meet and right, right, the custom, custom, what it is right
  2. right, law
  3. decrees, oracles, by oracles
  4. rights, prerogatives
  5. laws or ordinances, the laws
  6. claims
  7. Themis, goddess of law and order

Examples

  • καθ̓ ὃν ἔδει τρόπον προσέρχεσθαι τοὺσ ὑπομένοντασ ἀμύνεσθαι, ὧν οὐ θέμισ γεύσασθαι διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸν ζῆν φιλοστοργίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:20)
  • οἱ δ̓ ἔνδον πεποιθότεσ τῇ τῶν τειχέων ἐρυμνότητι τῇ τε τῶν βρωμάτων παραθέσει, ἀναγωγότερον ἐχρῶντο τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν λοιδοροῦντεσ καὶ προσέτι βλασφημοῦντεσ καὶ λαλοῦντεσ ἃ μὴ θέμισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:14)
  • τῶν ὅ γ’ ὀπίζετο μῆνιν, ἐπείγετο δ’ ὅττι τάχιστα ἐκτελέσαι μέγα ἔργον, ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θέμισ ἠε͂ν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:10)
  • οὐ γάρ τοι θέμισ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ κλυτὰ τεύχεα δῦσαι Ἡρακλέα κτείναντα, Διὸσ θρασυκάρδιον υἱόν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 42:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐ θέμισ εἰδώλοισ ἀεὶ συνόντα ἐπιβατεύειν τῶν βασιλείων τοῦ Διόσ, ὡρ́α ἡμῖν ὑψηλόν τι ὄροσ περισκοπεῖν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:12)

Synonyms

  1. right

  2. decrees

  3. laws or ordinances

  4. claims

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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