θεμιτός
εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (θέμις)
A allowed by the laws of God and men, righteous, οὐ θεμιτόν [ἐστι],= οὐ θέμις, c. inf., οὐ θ. οἱ ἔφασκε πίνειν οἶνον h.Cer.207, cf. Pi.P.9.42, S.OT993, OC1758 (anap.), E.Or.97, Theoc.5.136, etc.: in Prose, Hdt.3.37,5.72, Pl.Ap.30d, IG 2.1059.16, 14.1390; μηδὲ θεμιτὸν . . μηδ' ὅσιον D.21.148: in pl., τὰ μὴ θεμίτ' ἦν [ἰδεῖν] dub. l. in Call.Lav.Pall.78. Adv. -τῶς Phot., Suid.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1194] = θεμιστός, gew. mit der Negation, οὐ θεμιτόν, Pind. P. 9, 43; ἀλλ' οὐ θεμιτὸν γὰρ κεῖσε μολεῖν Soph. O. C. 1755; ἦ ῥητόν; ἢ οὐ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδέναι; O. R. 993, wo des Verses wegen θεμιστόν geändert wird; σοὶ δ' οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν πρὸς φίλον στείχειν τάφον Eur. Or. 97; Phoen. 615; οὗ δῆτ' ἀνδράσιν οὐ θεμιτὸν εἰσορᾶν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεαῖν Ar. Th. 1150; auch in Prosa, gew. mit der Negation, Plat. Phaedr. 256 d Gorg. 497 c Phaed. 61 c, u. einzeln bei Sp., οὐ θεμιτὸν εἶναι χωλὸν γενέσθαι βασιλέα Plut. Agesil. 3; οὔτε ὅσιον οὔτε θεμιτόν D. Hal. 9, 13; εἰ θεμιτὸν εἰπεῖν S. Emp. adv. gramm. 81. – Adv., VLL.
