θεσμοφόρος
ον
A.
law-giving, epith. of Demeter, Hdt. 6.91, 134, IPE 2.13 (Panticapaeum, iv B.C.), Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.10, D.S. 1.14, etc.; σεμνὴ Θ. AP 5.149 (Asclep.), cf. Luc. Tim. 17; τὼ Θεσμοφόρω Demeter and Persephone, Ar. Th. 83, al.; αἱ Θεσμοφόροι App. BC 2.70, Plu. Dio 56, etc.; πότνια Θ., of Persephone, Pi. Fr. 37; also, as a title of Dionysus, Orph. H. 42.1.