θεμέλιος

A. of or for the foundation, λίθοι Ar. Av. 1137; οἰκόπεδα D.S. 5.66: abs., θεμέλιος (sc. λίθος), ὁ, foundation-stone, Arist. Ph. 237b13, Metaph. 1013a5: metaph., τῆς τέχνης θ. Macho ap.Ath. 8.346a; θ. ἀγνοίας Ph. 1.266; οἱ θ. ἐκ παντοίων λίθων ὑπόκεινται the foundations, Th. 1.93; τοὺς θ. ἐκ τῶν λίθων οἰκοδομεῖσθαι Arist. PA 668a19: metaph., προλιπεῖντοὺς προγονικοὺς θ. SIG 888.70(Scaptopara, iii A.D.): also neut. θεμέλιον Arist. APo. 95b37(s.v.l.),PPetr. 3p.121 (iii B.C.), al.: pl., τὰ θ.Arist. Ph. 200a4, PCair.Zen. 176.71 (iii B.C.),al., Paus. 8.32.1: metaph., τὰ ὑποβληθέντα θ., of the foundations of the world, Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U.: gender indeterminate, μὴ ὑποκειμένων . . θ. X. Eq. 1.2; ἐκ τῶν θ. from the foundations, Th. 3.68 (also sg., ἐνέπρησαν [οἰκίαν] ἐκ θεμελίου BGU 909.17 (iv A.D.)): metaph., ἐκθ. ἐσφαλμένοι Plb. 5.93.2, etc.; ἄρδην καὶ ἐκ θ. ἀπόλλυσθαι Hdn. 8.3.2; also ἀνεκτίσθη τὸ τεῖχος ἐκ θεμελείων (sic) Supp.Epigr. 2.480(Kuban, iv A.D.).

II. θεμέλια,τά, buildingsites, Ptol. Tetr. 174, cf. Vett.Val. 82.24,al.

III. Subst., the fourth τόπος,= ἀντιμεσουράνημα, Herm.Trism. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).101, cf. 8(4).241.