θεμέλιος: Difference between revisions

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