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|Definition=ἡ, old Ep. gen. [[θέμιστος]] (in Hom. the only declension): acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> 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]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -ιδος) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.50, Θέμιν Hes.''Th.''16, ''IG''22.1611.71: voc. Θέμι Il.15.93, E.''Med.''160(anap.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[that which is laid down]] or [[established]], [[law]] (not as fixed by statute, but) [[as established by custom]], <b class="b3">θ. ἐστί</b> 'tis [[meet and right]], c. dat. pers. et inf., οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι Od.14.56; <b class="b3">ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι]</b> Il.11.779; <b class="b3">ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι]</b> Hes.''Sc.''22; <b class="b3">γυναικὶ οὐ θ.</b> ''SIG''1024.9(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, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''250b, Isoc.4.92, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ γὰρ θ.</b> for so 'tis [[right]] [to do], Od.24.286; freq. <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἐστί</b> as [[the custom]] is, Il.2.73: c. dat. (= loc.), ἣ θ. ἐστίν… ἀγορῇ 9.33: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει</b> ib.134; ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός Od.14.130; also ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα Hes.''Op.''137; <b class="b3">θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς… ᾗ</b> (with ι) θέμις ''IG''22.1364 (i A.D.); but <b class="b3">ᾗ θέμις ἐστί</b> is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.2.516, cf. A.D.''Adv.''148.28: indecl., <b class="b3">πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις</b>; A.''Supp.''336; ὥστε μὴ… θέμις σέ γ' εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς S.''OC''1191; οὐδὲ… φασὶ θέμις εἶναι Pl. ''Grg.''505c, cf.X.''Oec.''11.11, Ael.''NA''1.60.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[justice]], [[right]], S.''Tr.''810; ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 188d; [[penalty]], <b class="b3">ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ.</b> A.''Supp.'' 436 (lyr.); [[sanctity]], <b class="b3">ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ.</b> Id.''Ag.''1431.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἀγὼν θεματίτης]], ''IGRom.''3.319 (Pisid.); <b class="b3">νικήσας θέμιν ἀνδρῶν</b> ib.437 (Termessus).<br><span class="bld">III</span> pl. θέμιστες, [[decrees]] of the gods, [[oracles]], <b class="b3">Διὸς θ.</b> Od. 16.403; [[θέμισσιν]] [[by oracles]], Pi.''P.''4.54, cf. ''O.''10(11).24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dooms]], customary [[laws]], [[ordinances]], δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται Il.1.238, cf. Hes.''Th.''235; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ'</b> (i.e. the Cyclopes) οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες Od.9.112; <b class="b3">οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας</b> neither rights nor [[laws]], ib.215: in sg., ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα Il.5.761; ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε 11.807.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[judgements]], [[decisions]] given by the kings or judges, οἳ… σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας 16.387; <b class="b3">σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θ.</b> Hes.''Op.''221; διακρίνοντα θ. ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν Id.''Th.'' 85.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tribute]], [[dues]], λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> 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.