θεῖος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
θεῖος
Structure:
θει
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- the brother of one's father or mother, uncle
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὦ πατρὸσ ὅμαιμε θεῖε, τὸν κατὰ χθονὸσ θανόντ’ ἀκούειν τάδε δόκει, ποτωμένην ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ σοῦ, καὶ λέγειν ἃ ἐγὼ λέγω, ταὔτ’ ἔσ τε δάκρυα καὶ γόουσ καὶ συμφοράσ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 19:13)
- αἴθ’ ἐπ’ ἐμεῦ ζωοῖσ ἐναρίθμιοσ ὤφελεσ εἶμεν, ὥσ τοι ἐγὼν ἐνόμευον ἀν’ ὤρεα τὰσ καλὰσ αἶγασ φωνᾶσ εἰσαϊών, τὺ δ’ ὑπὸ δρυσὶν ἢ ὑπὸ πεύκαισ ἁδὺ μελισδόμενοσ κατεκέκλισο θεῖε Κομάτα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 40)
- Γρηγόριοσ, Βασίλειε, τεῇ κόνι τήνδ’ ἀνέθηκα τῶν ἐπιγραμματίων, θεῖε, δυωδεκάδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 11 1:1)
- πῶσ γὰρ ἂν ἄλλωσ ἀποκρίναιτο, ὦ θεῖε, Λακεδαιμονίων γε ὁστισοῦν; (Plato, Laws, book 1 13:4)
- καὶ σύγε, ὅ τι βούλει, ἔφη, ὦ θεῖε, τιμωρησάμενοσ τοῦτο ὅμωσ χάρισαί μοι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 13:6)
Synonyms
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the brother of one's father or mother
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