θέμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi, “to set, put, place”) + -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ma/
Noun
θέμᾰ • (théma) n (genitive θέμᾰτος); third declension
- That which is placed or laid down.
- Position, situation. (of land)
- (astrology) Nativity, horoscope.
- Common burial place or common land; private burial ground.
- Something proposed as a prize.
- Case proposed for discussion, theme of an argument.
- Proposition, premiss.
- (law) Case.
- Arbitrary determination.
- (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 .
- “τὸ θέμα, ἀμύσσω: ὁ μέλλων, ἀμύξω
- (logic, Stoic) Mode of reduction of an irregular syllogism.
- A Theme, the regional unit of government of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine empire approximately from the 7th to the 11th century.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ θέμᾰ tò théma |
τὼ θέμᾰτε tṑ thémate |
τᾰ̀ θέμᾰτᾰ tà thémata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θέμᾰτος toû thématos |
τοῖν θεμᾰ́τοιν toîn themátoin |
τῶν θεμᾰ́των tôn themátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θέμᾰτῐ tôi thémati |
τοῖν θεμᾰ́τοιν toîn themátoin |
τοῖς θέμᾰσῐ / θέμᾰσῐν toîs thémasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ θέμᾰ tò théma |
τὼ θέμᾰτε tṑ thémate |
τᾰ̀ θέμᾰτᾰ tà thémata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θέμᾰ théma |
θέμᾰτε thémate |
θέμᾰτᾰ thémata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: thema
- → Old Georgian:
References
- “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 - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (théma).
Pronunciation
Noun
θέμα • (théma) n (plural θέματα)
- subject, main topic (of conversation, etc)
- affair
- (music) theme
- (linguistics) stem
- theme, the regional unit of government of the Byzantine empire.