θέμεθλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίθημι (títhēmi, “to stand”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.me.tʰla/ → /ˈθe.me.θla/ → /ˈθe.me.θla/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.me.tʰla/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.me.tʰla/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.me.θla/

Noun

θέμεθλᾰ • (thémethla) n pl (genitive θεμέθλων); second declension

1. foundations, lowest part, roots
2. eye socket (Homer)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ θέμεθλᾰ; τῶν θεμέθλων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ θέμεθλᾰ tà thémethla
Genitive	τῶν θεμέθλων tôn theméthlōn
Dative	τοῖς θεμέθλοις toîs theméthlois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ θέμεθλᾰ tà thémethla
Vocative	θέμεθλᾰ thémethla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θέμεθλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θέμεθλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θέμεθλα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θέμεθλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θέμεθλα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963