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|mdlsjtxt=[[θέμις]], ιος [!θε, Root of [[τίθημι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that [[which]] is laid [[down]] or established by [[custom]], Lat. jus or fas, as opp. [[to lex]], [[θέμις]] [[ἐστί]] 'tis [[meet]] and [[right]], Lat. fas est, Hom.; ἣ [[θέμις]] [[ἐστί]] as 'tis [[right]], as the [[custom]] is, Hom.; ἣ [[θέμις]] ἐστὶ γυναικός as is a [[woman]]'s [[custom]], Od.; so in [[attic]], [[ὅ τι]] [[θέμις]] αἰνεῖν [[what]] it is [[right]] to [[praise]], Aesch., etc.:—also indeclin., [[θέμις]] [[being]] used as acc., φασὶ [[θέμις]] [[εἶναι]] Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> = [[δίκη]], [[right]], law, Aesch., Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> pl. θέμιστες, the decrees of the Gods, oracles, Διὸς θέμιστες Od.; θέμισσιν by oracles, Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> rights of the [[chief]], prerogatives, σκῆπτρόν τ' ἠδὲ θέμιστες Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> laws or ordinances, οἵτε θέμιστας [[εἰρύαται]] who [[maintain]] the laws, Il.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> claims to be [[decided]] by the kings or judges, οἳ σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> as [[prop]]. n., gen. Θέμιστος, Θέμιδος, Θέμιτος, voc. Θέμι, [[Themis]], [[goddess]] of law and [[order]], Il.