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θεμέλῐ-ος

themelios

of, for the foundation, foundation-stone

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Where it lives

  • Amos 7 · 22.75/10k
  • Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
  • Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
  • 2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
  • 1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 3 · 4.44/10k
  • Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
  • Isaias 11 · 4.19/10k
  • Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
  • Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
  • Revelation 3 · 3.03/10k
  • Siracides 5 · 2.71/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

of, for the foundation, foundation-stone, foundations, foundations, foundations

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., τῆς τέχνης θ. Macho ap. Ath. 8.346a; θ. ἀγνοίας Ph. 1.266; οἱ θ. ἐκ παντοίων λίθων ὑπόκεινται the foundations, Th. 1.93; τοὺς θ. ἐκ τῶν λίθων οἰκοδομεῖσθαι Arist. PA 668a19: metaph., προλιπεῖντοὺς προγονικοὺς θ. SIG 888.70 (Scaptopara, iii A.D.): also neut. θεμέλιον Arist. APo. 95b37 (s.v.l.), PPetr. 3p.121 (iii B.C.), al.: pl., τὰ θ. Aris

II building sites

θεμέλια, τά, building sites, Ptol. Tetr. 174, cf. Vett.Val. 82.24, al.

III the fourth τόπος

Subst., the fourth τόπος, = ἀντιμεσουράνημα, Herm.Trism. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).101, cf. 8(4).241.

In the wild

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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.

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