Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεήλατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεήλατος θεήλατον

Structure: θεηλατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. driven or hunted by a god
  2. sent or caused by a god, destiny
  3. built for the gods

Examples

  • ἄναξ, ἐμοί τοί, μή τι καὶ θεήλατον τοὔργον τόδ’, ἡ ξύννοια βουλεύει πάλαι παῦσαι, πρὶν ὀργῆσ καὶ ’μὲ μεστῶσαι λέγων, μὴ ’φευρεθῇσ ἄνουσ τε καὶ γέρων ἅμα. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 3:1)
  • οὐδ’ εἰ γὰρ ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμα μὴ θεήλατον, ἀκάθαρτον ὑμᾶσ εἰκὸσ ἦν οὕτωσ ἐᾶν, ἀνδρόσ γ’ ἀρίστου βασιλέωσ τ’ ὀλωλότοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐξερευνᾶν· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:1)
  • θεήλατον μάντευμα δεινόν, ὦ ξένε. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:14)
  • ἔνθ’ ἐπεὶ ἔκφυγε κῆρα θεήλατον, οὔποτ’ ἐμεῖο ἐκλάθετ’, οὐδ’ ἀθέρισσε· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 8:11)
  • μείδησε δὲ Μόψοσ ἀκούσασ ὀμφὴν οἰωνοῖο θεήλατον, ὧδέ τ’ ἐείπεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 15:24)

Synonyms

  1. sent or caused by a god

  2. built for the gods

Related

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

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