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

  • ἔκλειπε βωμὸν καὶ θεηλάτουσ ἕδρασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 1:29)
  • "μὴ θεοὺσ οἷσ ἀπηλλάχθαι τῶν περὶ γῆν προσῆκόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ δαίμονασ ὑπηρέτασ θεῶν, οὐ δοκεῖ μοι κακῶσ ἀξιοῦσθαι τὸ δὲ τοῖσ δαίμοσι τούτοισ μονονουχὶ δράγδην λαμβάνοντασ ἐκ τῶν ἐπῶν τῶν Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ ἁμαρτίασ καὶ ἄτασ καὶ πλάνασ θεηλάτουσ ἐπιφέρειν, τελευτῶντασ δὲ καὶ θανάτουσ ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπων ὑποτίθεσθαι, θρασύτερον ἡγοῦμαι καὶ βαρβαρικώτερον. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 16 1:1)

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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