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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

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα εὖ ποιῶν ἐδιδάξω με ἤδη, ἁρμόσασθαι τὸν αὐλὸν ἐσ τὸ ἀκριβὲσ καὶ ἐμπνεῖν ἐσ τὴν γλωσσίδα λεπτόν τι καὶ ἐμμελὲσ καὶ ὑποβάλλειν τοὺσ δακτύλουσ εὐαφῶσ ὑπὸ πυκνῇ τῇ ἄρσει καὶ θέσει καὶ βαίνειν ἐν ῥυθμῷ καὶ σύμφωνα εἶναι τὰ μέλη πρὸσ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τῆσ ἁρμονίασ ἑκάστησ διαφυλάττειν τὸ ἴδιον, τῆσ Φρυγίου τὸ ἔνθεον, τῆσ Λυδίου τὸ Βακχικόν, τῆσ Δωρίου τὸ σεμνόν, τῆσ Ιὠνικῆσ τὸ γλαφυρόν. (Lucian, Harmonides 1:3)
  • Ἀνὰ Δίνδυμον Κυβήβησ Φρύγεσ ἔνθεον ὀλολυγὴν ἁπαλῷ τελοῦσιν Ἄττῃ, καὶ πρὸσ μέλοσ κεραύλου Φρυγίου κατ̓ ὄρεα Τμώλου κῶμον βοῶσι Λυδοί· (Lucian, 6)
  • ὀφθαλμοὶ πολὺ τὸ γοργὸν καὶ ἔνθεον διεμφαίνοντεσ, φώνημα ἥδιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ λαμπρότατον καὶ ὅλωσ οὐδαμόθεν μεμπτὸσ ἦν ταῦτά γε. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 3:3)
  • ἐνόπλιοσ δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ ὄρχησισ ἦν, τὰ ξίφη μεταξὺ κροτούντων πρὸσ τὰσ ἀσπίδασ καὶ πηδώντων ἔνθεὸν τι καὶ πολεμικόν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἦλθ’ ἔχων μοι μαινάδ’ ἔνθεον κόρην λέκτροισ τ’ ἐπεισέφρηκε, καὶ νύμφα δύο ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσ δώμασιν κατείχομεν. (Euripides, episode, anapests 1:20)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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