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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

  • καθαρῷ δὲ πυρώσατε δῶμα θεείῳ πρᾶτον, ἔπειτα δ’ ἅλεσσι μεμιγμένον, ὡσ νενόμισται, θαλλῷ ἐπιρραίνειν ἐστεμμένῳ ἀβλαβὲσ ὕδωρ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 56)
  • τό ῥα τότ’ ἐκ χηλοῖο λαβὼν ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ πρῶτον, ἔπειτα δ’ ἔνιψ’ ὕδατοσ καλῇσι ῥοῇσι, νίψατο δ’ αὐτὸσ χεῖρασ, ἀφύσσατο δ’ αἴθοπα οἶνον. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 16:9)

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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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