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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

  • Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν δεινὸν ὧδ’ εἰπεῖν ἔποσ οὐδὲ πάθοσ οὐδὲ ξυμφορὰ θεήλατοσ, ἧσ οὐκ ἂν ἄραιτ’ ἄχθοσ ἀνθρώπου φύσισ. (Euripides, episode 1:1)
  • ἐπέσχε δ’ αὐτοῦ τὰ βουλεύματα ὄντα τυραννικὰ ἑτέρα συμπεσοῦσα θεήλατοσ συμφορά. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 42 1:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τισ γίνεται ὁρμή, καὶ Ἕλληνασ, ὡσ οἶκε, καταλαμβάνει τισ φθορὴ θεήλατοσ, ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ αὐτὸσ τρέπομαι καὶ τὴν γνώμην μετατίθεμαι, σὺ δὲ σήμηνον μὲν Πέρσῃσι τὰ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ πεμπόμενα, χρᾶσθαι δὲ κέλευε τοῖσι ἐκ σέο πρώτοισι προειρημένοισι ἐσ τὴν παρασκευήν, ποίεε δὲ οὕτω ὅκωσ τοῦ θεοῦ παραδιδόντοσ τῶν σῶν ἐνδεήσει μηδέν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 18 4:2)

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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