θέμις , θέμιστος (τίθημι): old
(established) law, right by custom or usage; ἣ θέμις ἐστίν, ‘as is
right’; ἣ θέμις ἀνθρώπων
πέλει, ‘the old way’ of mankind, Il. 9.134.—Pl., θέμιστες, ordinances, decrees,
prerogatives;
Διός, Od.
16.403, cf. Il. 1.238
; κρι?νειν,
Il. 16.387;
τελεῖν, as ‘dues,’
‘tribute,’ Il.
9.156, 298.—Personified, Themis,
Od. 2.68, Il.
20.4, Il. 15.87,
93.