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.
- θεῖοι γάρ εἰσιν αὐταῖσ διὰ τὸ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν τοῦτον λαβεῖν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 115:2)
- οἱ δ’ αὖ θεῖοι καὶ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐπιστήμονεσ ἄρχοντεσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ τούτουσ, πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ ἄλλουσ παραλαμβάνοντεσ, αἰσχυνομένουσ τε ἔχουσιν αἰσχρόν τι ποιεῖν καὶ πείθεσθαι οἰομένουσ βέλτιον εἶναι, καὶ ἀγαλλομένουσ τῷ πείθεσθαι ἕνα ἕκαστον καὶ σύμπαντασ, πονεῖν ὅταν δεήσῃ, οὐκ ἀθύμωσ πονοῦντασ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 6:1)
- ὁπόσοι γὰρ θεῖοι καὶ σώφρονεσ ἅμα τῆσ ἄλλησ τε μετέχοντεσ ἀρετῆσ φύσει, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ὅσα μαθήματοσ ἔχεται μακαρίου πάντα εἰληφότεσ ‐ ἃ δ’ ἔστιν εἰρήκαμεν ‐ τούτοισιν μόνοισ τὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου σύμπαντα ἱκανῶσ εἴληχέ τε καὶ ἔχει. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 132:1)
- λέγει δὲ καὶ Πίνδαροσ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ὅσοι θεῖοί εἰσιν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 68:1)
- ὃν οἱ θεῖοι ποιηταὶ μαθόντεσ ἐκ Μουσῶν ὑμνοῦσιν ἅμα καὶ ὀνομάζουσι πατέρα θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 58:1)
Synonyms
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the brother of one's father or mother
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