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

  • ὁ δ’ ἅπαξ ἐνειληθεὶσ μένει χρεώστησ διὰ παντόσ, ἄλλον ἐξ ἄλλου μεταλαμβάνων ἀναβάτην, ὥσπερ ἵπποσ ἐγχαλινωθείσ ἀποφυγὴ δ’ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπὶ τὰσ νομὰσ ἐκείνασ καὶ τοὺσ λειμῶνασ, ἀλλὰ πλάζονται καθάπερ οἱ θεήλατοι καὶ οὐρανοπετεῖσ ἐκεῖνοι τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ δαίμονεσ · (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 7 10:1)

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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