thematic

thematic
thematically, adv.
/thee mat"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to a theme.
2. Gram.
a. (of a word or words) of, pertaining to, or producing a theme or themes.
b. (of a vowel) pertaining to the theme or stem: the thematic vowel ends the stem and precedes the inflectional ending of a word form, as i in Latin audio "I hear."
[1690-1700; < Gk thematikós, equiv. to themat- (s. of théma) THEME + -ikos -IC]

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