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θεά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεά

Structure: θε (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a goddess

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θεά θεᾱ́ θεαί
Genitive θεᾶς θεαῖν θεῶν
Dative θεᾷ θεαῖν θεαῖς
Accusative θεάν θεᾱ́ θεᾱ́ς
Vocative θεά θεᾱ́ θεαί

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

  • Ἑλικῶνα μὲν γάρ, ἵνα διατρίβειν αἱ θεαὶ λέγονται, οὐδὲ ἀκήκοασ οἶμαί ποτε, οὐδὲ τὰσ αὐτὰσ ^ διατριβὰσ ἡμῖν ἐν παισὶν ἐποιοῦ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 3:4)
  • αἱ θεαὶ δὲ τὰσ αὐτῶν δωρεὰσ οἷσ τε ἂν ἐθέλωσι καὶ ἐφ̓ ὅσον ἂν οἰώνται καλῶσ ἔχειν, μεταδιδόασιν. (Lucian, 7:1)
  • θεαὶ δ’ ἐξῆρχον ἀοιδῆσ Μοῦσαι Πιερίδεσ, λιγὺ μελπομένῃσ ἐικυῖαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 21:5)
  • Τί οὖν αἱ θεαί, ὦ Πανόπη; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, panope and galene, chapter 25)
  • οἱ ποιηταὶ δὲ ὁπόσα μὲν ἂν ἐκ τῶν Μουσῶν κατεχόμενοι ᾄδωσιν, ἀληθῆ ταῦτά ἐστιν ὁπόταν δὲ ἀφῶσιν αὐτοὺσ αἱ θεαὶ καὶ καθ’ αὑτοὺσ ποιῶσι, τότε δὴ καὶ σφάλλονται καὶ ὑπεναντία τοῖσ πρότερον διεξίασι· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. a goddess

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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