θέμα

From τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi, “to set, put, place”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).

θέμᾰ • (théma) n (genitive θέμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is placed or laid down.
   1. Money deposited; (of grain) deposit; treasure.
   2. Pile. (of loaves)
   3. Coffer. Synonym: θήκη (thḗkē)
   4. Position, situation. (of land)
   5. (astrology) Nativity, horoscope.
   6. Common burial place or common land; private burial ground.
2. Something proposed as a prize.
3. Case proposed for discussion, theme of an argument.
   1. Proposition, premiss.
   2. (law) Case.
   3. Arbitrary determination.
   4. (grammar) Primary (nonderivative) element or form.
      • Etymologicum Magnum 88.13:

        “τὸ θέμα, ἀμύσσω: ὁ μέλλων, ἀμύξω

        “tò théma, amússō: ho méllōn, amúxō

        “The primary form is ἀμύσσω , the future is ἀμύξω .

   5. (logic, Stoic) Mode of reduction of an irregular syllogism.
4. A Theme, the regional unit of government of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine empire approximately from the 7th to the 11th century.

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• → Latin: thema
  • → English: theme
  • → German: Thema
    • → Hunsrik: Tema
    • → Japanese: テーマ (tēma)
    • → Russian: те́ма (téma)
      • → Georgian: თემა (tema)
      • → Uyghur: تېما (tëma)
      • → Uzbek: tema
    • → Esperanto: temo
  • → French: thème
  • → Italian: tema
  • → Dutch: thema
  • → Polish: temat (learned)
  • → Portuguese: teima, tema
  • → Romanian: temă
  • → Spanish: tema
• → Old Georgian:
  • Georgian: თემი (temi)
    • → Bats: თემ (tem)

• “θέμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θέμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• θέμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “θέμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

From Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (théma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθema/
• Hyphenation: θέ‧μα

θέμα • (théma) n (plural θέματα)

1. subject, main topic (of conversation, etc)
2. affair
3. (music) theme
4. (linguistics) stem
5. theme, the regional unit of government of the Byzantine empire.