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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
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓νθεος έ̓νθεον
Genitive ἐνθέου ἐνθέου
Dative ἐνθέῳ ἐνθέῳ
Accusative έ̓νθεον έ̓νθεον
Vocative έ̓νθεε έ̓νθεον
DualN/A/V ἐνθέω ἐνθέω
G/D ἐνθέοιν ἐνθέοιν
PluralNominative έ̓νθεοι έ̓νθεα
Genitive ἐνθέων ἐνθέων
Dative ἐνθέοις ἐνθέοις
Accusative ἐνθέους έ̓νθεα
Vocative έ̓νθεοι έ̓νθεα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓νθεος ἐνθέου ἐνθεώτερος ἐνθεωτέρου ἐνθεώτατος ἐνθεωτάτου
Adverb ἐνθέως ἐνθεώτερον ἐνθεώτατα

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

  • ἔρωσ ἐτόξευσ’ αὐτὸν ἐνθέου κόρησ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric15)
  • Μελάμπουσ δὲ παραλαβὼν τοὺσ δυνατωτάτουσ τῶν νεανιῶν μετ’ ἀλαλαγμοῦ καί τινοσ ἐνθέου χορείασ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν αὐτὰσ εἰσ Σικυῶνα συνεδίωξε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 2 2:10)
  • οὐδεὶσ γὰρ ἔννουσ ἐφάπτεται μαντικῆσ ἐνθέου καὶ ἀληθοῦσ, ἀλλ’ ἢ καθ’ ὕπνον τὴν τῆσ φρονήσεωσ πεδηθεὶσ δύναμιν ἢ διὰ νόσον, ἢ διά τινα ἐνθουσιασμὸν παραλλάξασ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 353:2)
  • ὡσ δὲ προειπών τινα τῶν μελλόντων εὐδοκίμησε, λοιπὸν ἐνθέου δόξησ παρὰ τοῖσ πλείστοισ ἠξιώθη. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. z'. DHMOKRITOS 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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