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θεά?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: thea

Principal Part: θεά

Structure: θε (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a goddess

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θεά θεά θεαί
Genitive θεᾶς θεαῖν θεῶν
Dative θεᾷ θεαῖν θεαῖς
Accusative θεάν θεά θεάς
Vocative θεά θεά 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 ἐφ᾿ 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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