proper nounThĕmistaTHEMISTA☆ KeepMeaninga female Epicurean philosopher of LampsacusLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879THEMISTALEWIS & SHORTTHEMISTAThĕmista, ae, f., I. a female Epicurean philosopher of Lampsacus, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. Pis. 26, 63; Lact. 3, 25, 15.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyThemistaThemista (Θεμίστη), of Lampsacus, the wife of a certain Leonteus or Leon, was a contemporary and correspondent of Epicurus, and was celebrated herself…