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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

  • παύεσκε μὲν γὰρ ἐνθέουσ γυναῖκασ εὐιό́ν τε πῦρ, φιλαύλουσ τ’ ἠρέθιζε Μούσασ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 14)
  • οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἡ Μοῦσα ἐνθέουσ μὲν ποιεῖ αὐτή, διὰ δὲ τῶν ἐνθέων τούτων ἄλλων ἐνθουσιαζόντων ὁρμαθὸσ ἐξαρτᾶται. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 23:2)
  • εἰ τοίνυν ὄνειροι μὲν τὰσ Ἀσκληπιοῦ συμμορίασ τῆσ τῶν ἰατρῶν τέχνησ ἀπαλλάττουσι, Βάκχαι δὲ αἱ Διονύσου καὶ τὰ τῶν Νυμφῶν δῶρα μεταβάλλουσιν ἡνίκ’ ἂν ἔνθεοι γένωνται, τί τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἢ τί τῶν ἔξω τῆσ φύσεωσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ ἐνθέουσ παραδέχεσθαι καὶ νομίζειν εἰσ προστάτασ ἔχειν ἀνενεγκεῖν τούσ γέ που κρείττονασ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 19:8)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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