A.“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 (v.l. -ιδος) Hdt.2.50, “Θέμιν” Hes.Th.16, IG22.1611.71: voc. “Θέμι” Il.15.93, E.Med.160(anap.):
I. that which is laid down or established, law (not as fixed by statute, but) as established by custom, θ. ἐστί 'tis meet and right, c. dat. pers. et inf., “οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι” Od.14.56; ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι] Il.11.779; ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι] Hes.Sc.22; γυναικὶ οὐ θ. SIG1024.9(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, Pl.Phdr.250b, Isoc.4.92, etc.; ἡ γὰρ θ. for so 'tis right [to do], Od.24.286; freq. ἣ θ. ἐστί as the custom is, Il.2.73: c. dat. (= loc.), “ἣ θ. ἐστίν . . ἀγορῇ” 9.33: c. gen., ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει ib.134; “ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός” Od.14.130; also “ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα” Hes.Op.137; θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς . . ᾗ (with ι）“ θέμις” IG22.1364 (i A.D.); but ᾗ θέμις ἐστί is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.2.516, cf. A.D.Adv.148.28: indecl., πότερα κατ᾽ ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις; A.Supp.336; “ὥστε μὴ . . θέμις σέ γ᾽ εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς” S.OC1191; “οὐδὲ . . φασὶ θέμις εἶναι” Pl. Grg.505c, cf.X.Oec.11.11, Ael.NA1.60.
2. justice, right, S.Tr.810; “ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν” Pl.Smp.188d; penalty, ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ. A.Supp. 436 (lyr.); sanctity, ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ. Id.Ag.1431.
III. pl. θέμιστες , decrees of the gods, oracles, Διὸς θ. Od. 16.403; θέμισσιν by oracles, Pi.P.4.54, cf. O.10(11).24.
2. dooms, customary laws, ordinances, “δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται” Il.1.238, cf. Hes.Th.235; τοῖσιν δ᾽ (i.e. the Cyclopes) “οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες” Od.9.112; οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας neither rights nor laws, ib.215: in sg., “ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα” Il.5.761; “ἵνα σφ᾽ ἀγορή τε θέμις τε” 11.807.
