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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

  • 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)
  • ταῦτα δὲ ἔλεγεν, οὐχ ὥσπερ οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν λεγομένων ἐνθέων ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν, ἀσθμαίνουσα καὶ περιδινοῦσα τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ πειρωμένη δεινὸν ἐμβλέπειν, ἀλλὰ πάνυ ἐγκρατῶσ καὶ σωφρόνωσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 66:1)

Synonyms

  1. having a god in one

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