foundations, elements of things
= θέμεθλα, foundations or elements of things, θ. τε καὶ στερεωπά cj. for θελημνά, θελημά, Emp. 21.6. (Cf. προθέλυμνος, τετραθέλυμνος.)
The corpus record
θέλυμνα
thelumna · τά
foundations
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.