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|Definition=ἡ, old Ep. gen. <b class="b3">θέμιστος</b> (in Hom. the only declension): acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.5.761</span>, θέμιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1431</span>, etc.: gen. pl. θεμιστέων <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>235</span>: pr. n. Θέμις, Θέμιστος <span class="bibl">Od.2.68</span>, Θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.20.4</span>; dat. Θέμιστι <span class="bibl">15.87</span>; but Θέμιτος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.8</span>, Θέμιδος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>18</span>, etc., <b class="b3">Θέμιος</b> (v.l. [[-ιδος]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.50</span>, Θέμιν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>16</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1611.71: voc. Θέμι <span class="bibl">Il.15.93</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>160</span>(anap.): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">that which is laid down</b> or <b class="b2">established, law</b> (not as fixed by statute, but) <b class="b2">as established by custom</b>, <b class="b3">θ. ἐστί</b> 'tis <b class="b2">meet and right</b>, c. dat. pers. et inf., οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι <span class="bibl">Od.14.56</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.11.779</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι</b>] <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>22</span>; <b class="b3">γυναικὶ οὐ θ</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>1024.9(Myconos,iii/ii B.C.): without dat., <span class="bibl">Il.16.796</span>, <span class="bibl">23.44</span>; οὐ θ. ἐν μοισοπόλων οἰκίᾳ θρῆνον ἔμμεν' Sapph.136; ὅτι δυνατὸν καὶ θ. αἰνεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>880</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>346</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 678</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>250b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.92</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ γὰρ θ</b>. for so 'tis <b class="b2">right</b> [to do], <span class="bibl">Od.24.286</span>; freq. <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἐστί</b> as <b class="b2">the custom</b> is, <span class="bibl">Il.2.73</span>: c. dat. (= loc.), ἣ θ. ἐστίν . . ἀγορῇ <span class="bibl">9.33</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">134</span>; ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός <span class="bibl">Od.14.130</span>; also ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>137</span>; <b class="b3">θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς . . ᾗ</b> (with ι) θέμις <span class="title">IG</span>22.1364 (i A.D.); but <b class="b3">ᾗ θέμις ἐστί</b> is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.516</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>148.28</span>: indecl., <b class="b3">πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>336</span>; ὥστε μὴ . . θέμις σέ γ' εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1191</span>; οὐδὲ . . φασὶ θέμις εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>505c</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">justice, right</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>810</span>; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188d</span>; <b class="b2">penalty</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 436</span> (lyr.); <b class="b2">sanctity</b>, <b class="b3">ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1431</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἀγὼν θεματίτης]], <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.319 (Pisid.); <b class="b3">νικήσας θέμιν ἀνδρῶν</b> ib.437 (Termessus). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> pl. θέμιστες, <b class="b2">decrees</b> of the gods, <b class="b2">oracles</b>, <b class="b3">Διὸς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od. 16.403</span>; <b class="b3">θέμισσιν</b> <b class="b2">by oracles</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>10(11).24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">dooms</b>, customary <b class="b2">laws, ordinances</b>, δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται <span class="bibl">Il.1.238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>235</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ'</b> (i.e. the Cyclopes) οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες <span class="bibl">Od.9.112</span>; <b class="b3">οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας</b> neither rights nor <b class="b2">laws</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">215</span>: in sg., ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.5.761</span>; ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε <span class="bibl">11.807</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">judgements, decisions</b> given by the kings or judges, οἳ . . σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας <span class="bibl">16.387</span>; <b class="b3">σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>221</span>; διακρίνοντα θ. ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">tribute, dues</b>, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας <span class="bibl">Il.9.156</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> pr. n., <span class="title">Themis</span>, ἥ τ' ἀνδρῶν ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει <span class="bibl">2.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.15.87</span>, <span class="bibl">20.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>18</span>, etc.</span>
|Definition=ἡ, old Ep. gen. <b class="b3">θέμιστος</b> (in Hom. the only declension): acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.5.761</span>, θέμιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1431</span>, etc.: gen. pl. θεμιστέων <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>235</span>: pr. n. Θέμις, Θέμιστος <span class="bibl">Od.2.68</span>, Θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.20.4</span>; dat. Θέμιστι <span class="bibl">15.87</span>; but Θέμιτος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.8</span>, Θέμιδος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>18</span>, etc., <b class="b3">Θέμιος</b> (v.l. [[-ιδος]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.50</span>, Θέμιν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>16</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1611.71: voc. Θέμι <span class="bibl">Il.15.93</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>160</span>(anap.): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">that which is laid down</b> or <b class="b2">established, law</b> (not as fixed by statute, but) <b class="b2">as established by custom</b>, <b class="b3">θ. ἐστί</b> 'tis <b class="b2">meet and right</b>, c. dat. pers. et inf., οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι <span class="bibl">Od.14.56</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.11.779</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι</b>] <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>22</span>; <b class="b3">γυναικὶ οὐ θ</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>1024.9(Myconos,iii/ii B.C.): without dat., <span class="bibl">Il.16.796</span>, <span class="bibl">23.44</span>; οὐ θ. ἐν μοισοπόλων οἰκίᾳ θρῆνον ἔμμεν' Sapph.136; ὅτι δυνατὸν καὶ θ. αἰνεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>880</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>346</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 678</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>250b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.92</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ γὰρ θ</b>. for so 'tis <b class="b2">right</b> [to do], <span class="bibl">Od.24.286</span>; freq. <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἐστί</b> as <b class="b2">the custom</b> is, <span class="bibl">Il.2.73</span>: c. dat. (= loc.), ἣ θ. ἐστίν . . ἀγορῇ <span class="bibl">9.33</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">134</span>; ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός <span class="bibl">Od.14.130</span>; also ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>137</span>; <b class="b3">θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς . . ᾗ</b> (with ι) θέμις <span class="title">IG</span>22.1364 (i A.D.); but <b class="b3">ᾗ θέμις ἐστί</b> is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.516</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>148.28</span>: indecl., <b class="b3">πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>336</span>; ὥστε μὴ . . θέμις σέ γ' εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1191</span>; οὐδὲ . . φασὶ θέμις εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>505c</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">justice, right</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>810</span>; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188d</span>; <b class="b2">penalty</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 436</span> (lyr.); <b class="b2">sanctity</b>, <b class="b3">ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1431</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἀγὼν θεματίτης]], <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.319 (Pisid.); <b class="b3">νικήσας θέμιν ἀνδρῶν</b> ib.437 (Termessus). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> pl. θέμιστες, <b class="b2">decrees</b> of the gods, <b class="b2">oracles</b>, <b class="b3">Διὸς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od. 16.403</span>; <b class="b3">θέμισσιν</b> <b class="b2">by oracles</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>10(11).24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">dooms</b>, customary <b class="b2">laws, ordinances</b>, δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται <span class="bibl">Il.1.238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>235</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ'</b> (i.e. the Cyclopes) οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες <span class="bibl">Od.9.112</span>; <b class="b3">οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας</b> neither rights nor <b class="b2">laws</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">215</span>: in sg., ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα <span class="bibl">Il.5.761</span>; ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε <span class="bibl">11.807</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">judgements, decisions</b> given by the kings or judges, οἳ . . σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας <span class="bibl">16.387</span>; <b class="b3">σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>221</span>; διακρίνοντα θ. ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">tribute, dues</b>, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας <span class="bibl">Il.9.156</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> pr. n., <span class="title">Themis</span>, ἥ τ' ἀνδρῶν ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει <span class="bibl">2.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.15.87</span>, <span class="bibl">20.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>18</span>, etc.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1194.png Seite 1194]] ἡ, alter gen. θέμιστος; so immer bei Hom., auch vom nom. pr.; att. u. dor. θέμιτος; doch kommt bei den Tragg. u. in att. Prosa nur der nomin. vor u. der acc. θέμιν; ion. θέμιος, später gew. θέμιδος ([[τίθημι]]); das Eingesetzte, die <b class="b2">Satzung</b>, das <b class="b2">Gesetz</b>, insoweit es auf altem heiligem Brauche beruht; so bes. bei Hom. in der Vrbdg [[θέμις]] ἐστί, es ist nach altem Brauche Recht, erlaubt, billig, fas est, οὔ μοι [[θέμις]] ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι Od. 14, 56, vgl. Il. 14, 388, wo [[δέος]] entgegensteht; 1g, 796. 23, 44; ἥ [[θέμις]] ἐστί, was od. wie es Rechtens, wie es Sitte u. Brauch ist, gew. ᾗ [[θέμις]] ἐστί geschrieben, vgl. Spitzner exc. 11. zur Il. 2, 73 u. Lehrs Quaest. Ep. p. 44; Hes. O. 139; auch c. gen., ἣ [[θέμις]] ἀνθρώπων πέλει, Il. 9, 134. 277. 19, 177; ξείνια ἅ τε ξείνοις [[θέμις]] ἐστί (wo man nicht nothwendig δοῦναι ergänzen muß), die den Gästen ein Recht sind, ihnen nach heiligem Brauche gebühren, 11, 779. So auch Tragg.; ὅτι καὶ δυνατὸν καὶ [[θέμις]] αἰνεῖν Aesch. Ag. 98; παρθενίου θ' αἵματος ἐπιθυμεῖν [[θέμις]] 210; Suppl. 331 πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ [[θέμις]] λέγεις; u. so indeclinabel Soph. O. C. 1193, nach wahrscheinlicher Lesart; bet Plat. Gorg. 505 d, οὐδὲ τοὺς μύθους φασὶ μεταξὺ [[θέμις]] εἶναι καταλείπειν, ist εἶναι auszulassen u. φασί als Zwischensatz zu nehmen; stcherer aber ist Xen. Oec. 11, 11 u. Ael. H. A. 1, 60; Soph. εἴ μοι [[θέμις]], θέλοιμ' ἄν, Phil. 657; O. C. 650. 1553; [[οὐκέτι]] μοι [[τόδε]] λαμπάδος ἱερὸν [[ὄμμα]] [[θέμις]] ὁρᾶν ταλαίνᾳ, ich darf nicht länger, Ant. 871; εἰ [[θέμις]] κλύειν Eur. Med. 675; εἰ ψαύοιμεν ὧν μή μοι [[θέμις]] I. A. 834, sc. ψαύειν; in Prosa, ἥν [[θέμις]] λέγειν μακαριωτάτην Plat. Phaedr. 250b; οὐ [[θέμις]] εἰπεῖν Isocr. 4, 92; Sp., οὐ θ. καταφρονεῖν Luc. Nigr. fl; ἐν τισὶ μὲν ἱεροῖς [[θέμις]] ἐσθίειν [[ἰχθῦς]], ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ ἀσεβές S. Emp. pyrrh. 3, 923. – Im plur., bei Hom. sowohl δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς [[εἰρύαται]], welche die Gesetze aufrecht erhalten durch ihr Rechtsprechen, Il. 1, 238, als die richterliche Gewalt, ᾡ ἔδωκε Κρόνου [[παῖς]] σκῆπτρόν τ' ἠδὲ θέμιστας 2, 206; δίκῃ δ' ἴθυνε θέμιστας Hes. O. 9, mit Gerechtigkeit verwalte das Recht; οὐδὲ θεμίστων λήθεται, u. vergißt nicht der Gerechtigkeit, Theog. 235; δίκαι καὶ θέμιστες, Recht u. Gesetz, Od. 9, 215. Auch streitige Rechtsfälle, Rechtshändel, eigtl. wo Sitte u. Herkommen streitig geworden u. die Könige entscheiden müssen, κρίνειν θέμιστας, Il. 16, 387; Hes. Th. 85; vgl. nach οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ [[οὔτε]] θέμιστες Od. 9, 112, entweder Ordnung, regelnde Sitten, od. richterliche Entscheidungen nach altem Brauch. – Im sing., ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε [[θέμις]] τε ἤην Il. 11, 807, ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε [[θέμιστα]] 5, 761, der kein Recht kennt, ein [[ἀθέμιστος]]. – Anders λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας 9, 15g. 298, sie zahlen reichliche Gebühren, die der König einzufordern das Recht hatte. – Λιὸς θέμιστες, die Satzungen des Zeus, seine als Gesetz geltenden Aussprüche, vom Orakel in Dodona, Od. 16, 403; dah. das Orakel, τὸν μὲν Φοῖβος [[ἀμνάσει]] θέμισσιν Pind. P. 4, 54. – Uebh. das Recht, das Gesetz; καὶ τήνδ' ἀκούεις ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θέμιν Assch. Ag. 1405; [[ἐπεί]] μοι τὴν θέμιν σὺ προὔβαλες Soph. Tr. 807; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν καὶ ἀσέβειαν Plat. Conv. 188 d; Legg.XI, 925 d; auch Strafe, μένει Ἄρει 'κτί. νειν ὁμοίαν θέμιν Aesch. Suppl. 431. – Vgl. übrigens nom. pr.
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ἡ, old Ep. gen. θέμιστος (in Hom. the only declension): acc.

   A θέμιστα Il.5.761, θέμιν A.Ag.1431, etc.: gen. pl. θεμιστέων Hes. Th.235: pr. n. Θέμις, Θέμιστος Od.2.68, Θέμιστα Il.20.4; dat. Θέμιστι 15.87; but Θέμιτος Pi.O.13.8, Θέμιδος A.Pr.18, etc., Θέμιος (v.l. -ιδος) Hdt.2.50, Θέμιν Hes.Th.16, IG22.1611.71: voc. Θέμι Il.15.93, E.Med.160(anap.):    I that which is laid down or established, law (not as fixed by statute, but) as established by custom, θ. ἐστί 'tis meet and right, c. dat. pers. et inf., οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι Od.14.56; ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι] Il.11.779; ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι] Hes.Sc.22; γυναικὶ οὐ θ. SIG1024.9(Myconos,iii/ii B.C.): without dat., Il.16.796, 23.44; οὐ θ. ἐν μοισοπόλων οἰκίᾳ θρῆνον ἔμμεν' Sapph.136; ὅτι δυνατὸν καὶ θ. αἰνεῖν A.Ag.98, cf. S.Ant.880(lyr.), Ph.346, E.Med. 678, Pl.Phdr.250b, Isoc.4.92, etc.; ἡ γὰρ θ. for so 'tis right [to do], Od.24.286; freq. ἣ θ. ἐστί as the custom is, Il.2.73: c. dat. (= loc.), ἣ θ. ἐστίν . . ἀγορῇ 9.33: c. gen., ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει ib.134; ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός Od.14.130; also ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα Hes.Op.137; θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς . . ᾗ (with ι) θέμις IG22.1364 (i A.D.); but ᾗ θέμις ἐστί is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.2.516, cf. A.D.Adv.148.28: indecl., πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις; A.Supp.336; ὥστε μὴ . . θέμις σέ γ' εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς S.OC1191; οὐδὲ . . φασὶ θέμις εἶναι Pl. Grg.505c, cf.X.Oec.11.11, Ael.NA1.60.    2 justice, right, S.Tr.810; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν Pl.Smp.188d; penalty, ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ. A.Supp. 436 (lyr.); sanctity, ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ. Id.Ag.1431.    II = ἀγὼν θεματίτης, IGRom.3.319 (Pisid.); νικήσας θέμιν ἀνδρῶν ib.437 (Termessus).    III pl. θέμιστες, decrees of the gods, oracles, Διὸς θ. Od. 16.403; θέμισσιν by oracles, Pi.P.4.54, cf. O.10(11).24.    2 dooms, customary laws, ordinances, δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται Il.1.238, cf. Hes.Th.235; τοῖσιν δ' (i.e. the Cyclopes) οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες Od.9.112; οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας neither rights nor laws, ib.215: in sg., ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα Il.5.761; ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε 11.807.    3 judgements, decisions given by the kings or judges, οἳ . . σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας 16.387; σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θ. Hes.Op.221; διακρίνοντα θ. ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν Id.Th. 85.    4 tribute, dues, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156.    IV pr. n., Themis, ἥ τ' ἀνδρῶν ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει 2.68, cf. Il.15.87, 20.4, Hes.Th.16, A.Pr.18, etc.

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[Seite 1194] ἡ, alter gen. θέμιστος; so immer bei Hom., auch vom nom. pr.; att. u. dor. θέμιτος; doch kommt bei den Tragg. u. in att. Prosa nur der nomin. vor u. der acc. θέμιν; ion. θέμιος, später gew. θέμιδος (τίθημι); das Eingesetzte, die Satzung, das Gesetz, insoweit es auf altem heiligem Brauche beruht; so bes. bei Hom. in der Vrbdg θέμις ἐστί, es ist nach altem Brauche Recht, erlaubt, billig, fas est, οὔ μοι θέμις ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι Od. 14, 56, vgl. Il. 14, 388, wo δέος entgegensteht; 1g, 796. 23, 44; ἥ θέμις ἐστί, was od. wie es Rechtens, wie es Sitte u. Brauch ist, gew. ᾗ θέμις ἐστί geschrieben, vgl. Spitzner exc. 11. zur Il. 2, 73 u. Lehrs Quaest. Ep. p. 44; Hes. O. 139; auch c. gen., ἣ θέμις ἀνθρώπων πέλει, Il. 9, 134. 277. 19, 177; ξείνια ἅ τε ξείνοις θέμις ἐστί (wo man nicht nothwendig δοῦναι ergänzen muß), die den Gästen ein Recht sind, ihnen nach heiligem Brauche gebühren, 11, 779. So auch Tragg.; ὅτι καὶ δυνατὸν καὶ θέμις αἰνεῖν Aesch. Ag. 98; παρθενίου θ' αἵματος ἐπιθυμεῖν θέμις 210; Suppl. 331 πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις; u. so indeclinabel Soph. O. C. 1193, nach wahrscheinlicher Lesart; bet Plat. Gorg. 505 d, οὐδὲ τοὺς μύθους φασὶ μεταξὺ θέμις εἶναι καταλείπειν, ist εἶναι auszulassen u. φασί als Zwischensatz zu nehmen; stcherer aber ist Xen. Oec. 11, 11 u. Ael. H. A. 1, 60; Soph. εἴ μοι θέμις, θέλοιμ' ἄν, Phil. 657; O. C. 650. 1553; οὐκέτι μοι τόδε λαμπάδος ἱερὸν ὄμμα θέμις ὁρᾶν ταλαίνᾳ, ich darf nicht länger, Ant. 871; εἰ θέμις κλύειν Eur. Med. 675; εἰ ψαύοιμεν ὧν μή μοι θέμις I. A. 834, sc. ψαύειν; in Prosa, ἥν θέμις λέγειν μακαριωτάτην Plat. Phaedr. 250b; οὐ θέμις εἰπεῖν Isocr. 4, 92; Sp., οὐ θ. καταφρονεῖν Luc. Nigr. fl; ἐν τισὶ μὲν ἱεροῖς θέμις ἐσθίειν ἰχθῦς, ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ ἀσεβές S. Emp. pyrrh. 3, 923. – Im plur., bei Hom. sowohl δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται, welche die Gesetze aufrecht erhalten durch ihr Rechtsprechen, Il. 1, 238, als die richterliche Gewalt, ᾡ ἔδωκε Κρόνου παῖς σκῆπτρόν τ' ἠδὲ θέμιστας 2, 206; δίκῃ δ' ἴθυνε θέμιστας Hes. O. 9, mit Gerechtigkeit verwalte das Recht; οὐδὲ θεμίστων λήθεται, u. vergißt nicht der Gerechtigkeit, Theog. 235; δίκαι καὶ θέμιστες, Recht u. Gesetz, Od. 9, 215. Auch streitige Rechtsfälle, Rechtshändel, eigtl. wo Sitte u. Herkommen streitig geworden u. die Könige entscheiden müssen, κρίνειν θέμιστας, Il. 16, 387; Hes. Th. 85; vgl. nach οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ οὔτε θέμιστες Od. 9, 112, entweder Ordnung, regelnde Sitten, od. richterliche Entscheidungen nach altem Brauch. – Im sing., ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε ἤην Il. 11, 807, ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα 5, 761, der kein Recht kennt, ein ἀθέμιστος. – Anders λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας 9, 15g. 298, sie zahlen reichliche Gebühren, die der König einzufordern das Recht hatte. – Λιὸς θέμιστες, die Satzungen des Zeus, seine als Gesetz geltenden Aussprüche, vom Orakel in Dodona, Od. 16, 403; dah. das Orakel, τὸν μὲν Φοῖβος ἀμνάσει θέμισσιν Pind. P. 4, 54. – Uebh. das Recht, das Gesetz; καὶ τήνδ' ἀκούεις ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θέμιν Assch. Ag. 1405; ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν σὺ προὔβαλες Soph. Tr. 807; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν καὶ ἀσέβειαν Plat. Conv. 188 d; Legg.XI, 925 d; auch Strafe, μένει Ἄρει 'κτί. νειν ὁμοίαν θέμιν Aesch. Suppl. 431. – Vgl. übrigens nom. pr.