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θεσμός
θεσμός poet. θεσμά Soph. τίθημι 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 at Athens, Dracoʼs laws were called θεσμοί, because each began with the word θεσμός (cf. θεσμοθέτης) , while Solon.ʼs laws were named νόμοι. an institution, ordinance, as the court of Areopagus, Aesch.; of the great games, Pind.

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that which is laid down and established, a law, ordinance

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θεσμός poet. θεσμά Soph. τίθημι 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 at Athens, Dracoʼs laws were called θεσμοί, because each began with the word θεσμός (cf. θεσμοθέτης) , while Solon.ʼs laws were named νόμοι. an institution, ordinance, as the court of Areopagus, Aesch.; of the great games, Pind.
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n15195
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