Adler θ 118Θεμιστεύειν to themistize, to give an oracular response
Translated by David Whitehead · 27 Nov 2000 · · 3 revisions
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2 notes · 24 words Translation Meaning to deliver oracles.
Lysias [sc. uses the word.
1 The name [comes] from the fact that Themis once possessed the [Delphic] oracle, before Apollo.
2 Greek original · Adler’s text Θεμιστεύειν· ἀντὶ τοῦ χρησμῳδεῖν· Λυσίας. γέγονε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ Θέμιν ἐσχηκέναι ποτὲ τὸ μαντεῖον πρὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος.
Betacode *qemisteu/ein: a)nti\ tou= xrhsmw|dei=n: *lusi/as. ge/gone de\ to\ o)/noma a)po\ tou= *qe/min e)sxhke/nai pote\ to\ mantei=on pro\ tou= *)apo/llwnos. Copy Greek Notes (2) Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius ) s.v. 1 Lysias fr. 23 Sauppe (still 23 Carey OCT).↩ 2 As noted by Harpok., it is Aeschylus at the beginning of the Eumenides who provided the basis for this etymology. ↩ Revision history 3 revisions · last 10 Jul 2011 10 Jul 2011 tweaks — David Whitehead 9 Aug 2003 augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead 9 Aug 2003 cosmetics — Catharine Roth 27 Nov 2000 Translated — David Whitehead
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