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θεῖος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεῖος

Structure: θει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. 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.

Examples

  • σὺ γὰρ πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἀπαιτηθήσῃ. μὴ καὶ σοὶ ἡτοιμάσθη βασιλεύειν, φάραγγα βαθεῖαν. ξύλα κείμενα, πῦρ καὶ ξύλα πολλά̣ ὁ θυμὸσ Κυρίου ὡσ φάραγξ ὑπὸ θείου καιομένη. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 30:33)
  • ᾦ σύμφωνε νόμου καὶ φιλόσοφε θείου βίου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:7)
  • τύραννε μιαρώτατε καὶ τῆσ οὐρανίου δίκησ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ὠμόφρον, οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεισ τὸν τρόπον, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προασπίζοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:15)
  • οὐ γὰρ τυράννου, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προεστήκασιν ἡμῶν οἱ δορυφόροι. διὰ τοῦτο ἀνίκητον ἔχομεν τὸν λογισμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 11:27)
  • καθοπλισώμεθα τοιγαροῦν τῇ τοῦ θείου λογισμοῦ παθοκρατορίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:16)

Synonyms

  1. the brother of one's father or mother

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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