θεσμός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Welsh deddf (“act, statute”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰez.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰezˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θezˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θezˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θezˈmos/
Noun
θεσμός • (thesmós) m (genitive θεσμοῦ); second declension
- that which is laid down, law, ordinance
- (in general) rule, precept, rite
- institution, tribunal
- site, place
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θεσμός ho thesmós |
τὼ θεσμώ tṑ thesmṓ |
οἱ θεσμοί hoi thesmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θεσμοῦ toû thesmoû |
τοῖν θεσμοῖν toîn thesmoîn |
τῶν θεσμῶν tôn thesmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θεσμῷ tōî thesmōî |
τοῖν θεσμοῖν toîn thesmoîn |
τοῖς θεσμοῖς toîs thesmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θεσμόν tòn thesmón |
τὼ θεσμώ tṑ thesmṓ |
τοὺς θεσμούς toùs thesmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θεσμέ thesmé |
θεσμώ thesmṓ |
θεσμοί thesmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἔνθεσμος (énthesmos)
- θέσμιος (thésmios)
- θεσμοδότης (thesmodótēs)
- θεσμοθέτης (thesmothétēs)
- θεσμοποιέω (thesmopoiéō)
- θεσμοπόλος (thesmopólos)
- θεσμοσύνη (thesmosúnē)
- θεσμοφόρος (thesmophóros)
- θεσμοφύλαξ (thesmophúlax)
- θεσμῳδός (thesmōidós)
Descendants
- Greek: θεσμός (thesmós)
Further reading
- “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θεσμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θεσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θεσμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”).
Noun
θεσμός • (thesmós) m (plural θεσμοί)
- institution (society custom or practice)
- Ο γάμος αποτελεί θεσμό που επινόησαν οι κοινωνίες.
- O gámos apoteleí thesmó pou epinóisan oi koinoníes.
- Marriage is an institution invented by society.