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θέειον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέειον

Structure: θεει (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: epic for qei=on (sulphur).

Sense

Declension

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

  • ἡ δ’ ἐλελίχθη πᾶσα Διὸσ πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ, ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, πέσον δ’ ἐκ νηὸσ ἑταῖροι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 50:8)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐλελίχθη πᾶσα Διὸσ πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ, ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 24:12)
  • δεινὴ δὲ φλὸξ ὦρτο θεείου καιομένοιο, τὼ δ’ ἵππω δείσαντε καταπτήτην ὑπ’ ὄχεσφι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 15:3)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅθ’ ὑπὸ πληγῆσ πατρὸσ Διὸσ ἐξερίπῃ δρῦσ πρόρριζοσ, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμὴ ἐξ αὐτῆσ, τὸν δ’ οὔ περ ἔχει θράσοσ ὅσ κεν ἴδηται ἐγγὺσ ἐών, χαλεπὸσ δὲ Διὸσ μεγάλοιο κεραυνόσ, ὣσ ἔπεσ’ Ἕκτοροσ ὦκα χαμαὶ μένοσ ἐν κονίῃσι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 45:5)

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

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