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θέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέτης θέτου

Structure: θετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. one who places
  2. mortgagor
  3. adoptive father of a child

Declension

First 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

  • ἆρ’ οὖν, ὦ βέλτιστε, καὶ τὸ ἑκάστῳ φύσει πεφυκὸσ ὄνομα τὸν νομοθέτην ἐκεῖνον εἰσ τοὺσ φθόγγουσ καὶ τὰσ συλλαβὰσ δεῖ ἐπίστασθαι τιθέναι, καὶ βλέποντα πρὸσ αὐτὸ ἐκεῖνο ὃ ἔστιν ὄνομα, πάντα τὰ ὀνόματα ποιεῖν τε καὶ τίθεσθαι, εἰ μέλλει κύριοσ εἶναι ὀνομάτων θέτησ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 38:3)

Synonyms

  1. one who places

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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