thema Latin · revision 9377

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Seneca the Elder|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtʰɛ.ma]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''thema''' ''n'' (genitive thematis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|θέμα|tr=théma|t=something laid down, a proposition]], from [[m|grc|τίθημι|tr=títhēmi|t=to put]], [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite Seneca, the Elder's ''Controversiae''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the case or topic proposed for debate in the schools of rhetoric, as in Seneca the Elder and Quintilian, and Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In astrology, as in Suetonius, it was the position of the stars at one's birth, a horoscope.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant theme, topic.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also for the position of the heavenly bodies.^(DMLBS) [[en|theme]] came through Old French ''tesme'' and directly from Latin in the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of a horoscope.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''theme'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A subject, topic, [[m|en|theme]]; a case for debate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(astrology)'' A [[m|en|horoscope]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Themis]]

+ * [[thesis]]

+ * [[en|theme]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}