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ἔνθεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔνθεος ἔνθεον

Structure: ἐνθε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having a god in one; possessed or inspired by a god

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἀλλὰ ποιητὴν μὲν ἄριστον εἶναί σε, ὦ Ἡσίοδε, καὶ τοῦτο παρὰ Μουσῶν λαβεῖν μετὰ τῆσ δάφνησ αὐτόσ τε δεικνύεισ ἐν οἷσ ποιεῖσ ‐ ἔνθεα γὰρ καὶ σεμνὰ πάντα ‐ καὶ ἡμεῖσ πιστεύομεν οὕτωσ ἔχειν· (Lucian, 1:1)
  • πολλοὶ δὲ σφίσι παρεστεῶτεσ ἐπαυλέουσι, πολλοὶ δὲ τύμπανα παταγέουσιν, ἄλλοι δὲ ἀείδουσιν ἔνθεα καὶ ἱρὰ ᾄσματα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 50:2)
  • τίσ δὲ χάριν, τίσ ἀέθλα, τίσ ἔνθεα δήνεα τέχνησ τεύξει, καὶ νίκην οὔποτ’ ἀμειβομένην; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3422)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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