{"def":{"short":"something put down, i.e., a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)","long":["laid down as a foundation, the foundation (of a building, wall, city)","metaphorically the foundations, beginnings, first principals",["of institution or system of truth"]]},"deriv":"from a derivative of G5087","pronun":{"ipa":"θɛˈmɛ.li.os","ipa_mod":"θe̞ˈme̞.li.ows","sbl":"themelios","dic":"theh-MEH-lee-ose","dic_mod":"thay-MAY-lee-ose"},"see":["G5087"]}