θεσμός poet. θεσμά Soph. τίθημι
I.like θέμις, that which is laid down and established, a law, ordinance, Lat. institutum, λέκτροιο θεσμὸν ἵκοντο, i. e. they fulfilled the established law of wedlock, Od.; so in Hdt. and attic
2.at Athens, Draco's laws were called θεσμοί, because each began with the word θεσμός (cf. θεσμοθέτης), while Solon.'s laws were named νόμοι.
II.an institution, ordinance, as the court of Areopagus, Aesch.; of the great games, Pind.