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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

  • οὗτοσ τοίνυν πυθόμενοσ ὡσ ἐγγελᾶται, τὸ Αἰσχύλου πυξίον εἰσ ὃ ἐκεῖνοσ ἔγραφε σὺν πολλῇ σπουδῇ κτησάμενοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ᾤετο ἔνθεοσ ἔσεσθαι καὶ κάτοχοσ ἐκ τοῦ πυξίου· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 15:2)
  • οὕτω σοι καὶ αὐτὸσ ἔνθεοσ καὶ διπλασίωσ ὑπὸ τῶν λόγων περιέρχομαι. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 5:5)
  • πόλιν δὲ δείξω τήνδε μακαριωτέραν ἢ τοὺσ Ἀχαιούσ, ἔνθεοσ μέν, ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ τοσόνδε γ’ ἔξω στήσομαι βακχευμάτων· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 1:16)
  • ἔνθεοσ γὰρ καὶ κάτοχοσ ἐκ Μουσῶν, κἂν ἵππων ὑποπτέρων ἁρ́μα ζεύξασθαι ἐθέλῃ, κἂν ἐφ̓ ὕδατοσ ἄλλουσ ἢ ἐπ̓ ἀνθερίκων ἄκρων θευσομένουσ ἀναβιβάσηται, φθόνοσ οὐδείσ, οὐδὲ ὁπόταν ὁ Ζεὺσ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ μιᾶσ σειρᾶσ ἀνασπάσασ αἰωρῇ ὁμοῦ γῆν καὶ θάλατταν, δεδίασι μὴ ἀπορραγείσησ ἐκείνησ συντριβῇ τὰ πάντα κατενεχθέντα· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 83)
  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ἐπηλάλαξεν, ἔνθεοσ δ’ Ἄρει βακχᾷ πρὸσ ἀλκὴν Θυιὰσ ὣσ φόβον βλέπων. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 2 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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