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.
- ἐῶ γὰρ τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ, οἵπερ καὶ δεισιδαιμονέστατοὶ εἰσιν πάντων, ὅμωσ τοῖσ θείοισ ὀνόμασιν εἰσ κόρον ἐπιχρωμένουσ· (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 27:5)
- πολὺσ ταραγμὸσ ἔν τε τοῖσ θείοισ ἔνι κἀν τοῖσ βροτείοισ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 3:47)
- ὥστε πάντῃ μεταλαμβάνοντι δυσδιαίτητον εἶναι τήν κρίσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἀμφοτέροισ ἐοίκεν εὐμενὲσ γενέσθαι, τῷ μὲν ἃ χρὴ κατορθοῦν, τῷ δ’ ἃ φυλάττεσθαι χρὴ προμηνῦον, ὥστε καὶ τὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ψῆφον αὐτοῖσ ὑπάρχειν ὡσ ἀγαθοῖσ καὶ θείοισ τήν φύσιν ἀμφοτέροισ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 3 6:2)
- "ταῦτα γὰρ ὁ Τυφών ἐστιν, ὃν πολὺν ὑμῖν ἐνεποίησεν ὁ καθηγεμὼν καὶ θεοῖσ πολεμῶν καὶ θείοισ ἀνδράσι. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 218)
- τὸ δ’ ἀληθέστατον, φεύγει καὶ πλανᾶται θείοισ ἐλαυνομένη δόγμασι καὶ νόμοισ· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 17 11:1)
Synonyms
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the brother of one's father or mother
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