- θέμεθλα
- θέμεθλαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `fundaments, basis' also metaph. (Il.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [235] *dʰeh₁- `set, lay'Etymology: Also θεμείλια n. pl. `id.' (Il.), metr. lengthening of θεμέλια, adj. θεμέλιος `belonging to the fundaments', as subst. (sc. λίθος) `foundation-stone' (Att.) with θεμελιόω `lay the basis' (X.), θεμελίωσις `fundament' (LXX ). Through poetical-archaising backformation arose θέμειλον (AP) with the same meaning, -α (verse-inscr. Adana). Formations with θλο- and λο- from a nominal m-stem; cf. θεμούς s. θεμόω; on the formation of θεμέλιος also Frisk Eranos 41, 51ff. Cf. also θέμερος, θέμις.- S. also Rix in F. Steiner, Forsch. z. antiken Sklaverei (1994) 35-53Page in Frisk: 1,660
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