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θεηκόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεηκόλος θεηκόλος θεηκόλον

Structure: θεηκολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (substantive) a priest

Examples

  • ταῖσ γὰρ πόλεσι ταῖσ Ποντικαῖσ καὶ ταῖσ Παφλαγονικαῖσ ἐπήγγελλε θεηκόλουσ πέμπειν εἰσ τριετίαν, ὑμνήσοντασ παρ’ αὐτῷ τὸν θεόν, καὶ ἔδει δοκιμασθέντασ καὶ προκριθέντασ τοὺσ εὐγενεστάτουσ καὶ ὡραιοτάτουσ καὶ κάλλει διαφέροντασ πεμφθῆναι· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 41:2)
  • μέλει δὲ τὰ ἐσ θυσίασ θεηκόλῳ τε, ὃσ ἐπὶ μηνὶ ἑκάστῳ τὴν τιμὴν ἔχει, καὶ μάντεσι καὶ σπονδοφόροισ, ἔτι δὲ ἐξηγητῇ τε καὶ αὐλητῇ καὶ τῷ ξυλεῖ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 15:5)

Synonyms

  1. a priest

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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