θεμέλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> of or for the [[foundation]], λίθοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1137</span>; οἰκόπεδα <span class="bibl">D.S.5.66</span>: abs., [[θεμέλιος]] (sc. [[λίθος]]), ὁ, [[foundation-stone]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>237b13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1013a5</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τῆς τέχνης θ</b>. Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.8.346a</span>; θ. ἀγνοίας <span class="bibl">Ph.1.266</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ θ. ἐκ παντοίων λίθων ὑπόκεινται</b> the [[foundations]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>; τοὺς θ. ἐκ τῶν λίθων οἰκοδομεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>668a19</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">προλιπεῖντοὺς προγονικοὺς θ</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>888.70(Scaptopara, iii A.D.): also neut. θεμέλιον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">APo.</span>95b37</span>(s.v.l.),<span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.121</span> (iii B.C.), al.: pl., <b class="b3">τὰ θ</b>.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>200a4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>176.71</span> (iii B.C.),al., <span class="bibl">Paus.8.32.1</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τὰ ὑποβληθέντα θ</b>., of the [[foundations]] of the world, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.38U.</span>: gender indeterminate, <b class="b3">μὴ ὑποκειμένων… θ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν θ</b>. from the [[foundations]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.68</span> (also sg., ἐνέπρησαν [οἰκίαν] ἐκ θεμελίου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 909.17</span>(iv A.D.)): metaph., ἐκθ. ἐσφαλμένοι <span class="bibl">Plb.5.93.2</span>, etc.; ἄρδην καὶ ἐκ θ. ἀπόλλυσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.3.2</span>; also <b class="b3">ἀνεκτίσθη τὸ τεῖχος ἐκ θεμελείων</b> (sic) <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.480(Kuban, iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[θεμέλια]], [[τά]], [[buildingsites]], <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.82.24</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Subst., [[the fourth]] [[τόπος]],= [[ἀντιμεσουράνημα]], Herm.Trism. in <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(3).101, cf. 8(4).241.</span>