θεσμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • θεθμός (thethmós), τεθμός (tethmós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Welsh deddf (“act, statute”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θεσμός • (thesmós) m (genitive θεσμοῦ); second declension

  1. that which is laid down, law, ordinance
  2. (in general) rule, precept, rite
  3. institution, tribunal
  4. site, place

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ θεσμός; τοῦ θεσμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θεσμός
ho thesmós		 τὼ θεσμώ
tṑ thesmṓ		 οἱ θεσμοί
hoi thesmoí
Genitive τοῦ θεσμοῦ
toû thesmoû		 τοῖν θεσμοῖν
toîn thesmoîn		 τῶν θεσμῶν
tôn thesmôn
Dative τῷ θεσμῷ
tôi thesmôi		 τοῖν θεσμοῖν
toîn thesmoîn		 τοῖς θεσμοῖς
toîs thesmoîs
Accusative τὸν θεσμόν
tòn thesmón		 τὼ θεσμώ
tṑ thesmṓ		 τοὺς θεσμούς
toùs thesmoús
Vocative θεσμέ
thesmé		 θεσμώ
thesmṓ		 θεσμοί
thesmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἔνθεσμος (énthesmos)
  • θέσμιος (thésmios)
  • θεσμοδότης (thesmodótēs)
  • θεσμοθέτης (thesmothétēs)
  • θεσμοποιέω (thesmopoiéō)
  • θεσμοπόλος (thesmopólos)
  • θεσμοσύνη (thesmosúnē)
  • θεσμοφόρος (thesmophóros)
  • θεσμοφύλαξ (thesmophúlax)
  • θεσμῳδός (thesmōidós)

Descendants
  • Greek: θεσμός (thesmós)

Further reading
  • “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “θεσμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θεσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θεσμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”).

Noun

θεσμός • (thesmós) m (plural θεσμοί)

  1. institution (society custom or practice)
    Ο γάμος αποτελεί θεσμό που επινόησαν οι κοινωνίες.
    O gámos apoteleí thesmó pou epinóisan oi koinoníes.
    Marriage is an institution invented by society.

Declension
declension of θεσμός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative θεσμός • θεσμοί •
genitive θεσμού • θεσμών •
accusative θεσμό • θεσμούς •
vocative θεσμέ • θεσμοί •
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