Θέμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέμις (thémis, “law, custom”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Θέμῐς • (Thémis) f (genitive Θέμῐδος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Themis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Θέμῐς; τῆς Θέμῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θέμῐς
hē Thémis
Genitive τῆς Θέμῐδος
tês Thémidos
Dative τῇ Θέμῐδῐ
têi Thémidi
Accusative τὴν Θέμῐδᾰ
tḕn Thémida
Vocative Θέμῐς
Thémis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Θέμις (Thémis), Θέμιδα (Thémida)
  • Latin: Themis

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
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