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.
- ἀσεβεῖν γὰρ εἰσ τοὺσ θείουσ νόμουσ οὐ ρᾴδιον, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα ὁ ἀκόλουθοσ καιρὸσ δηλώσει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:17)
- "τὸν μὲν Τιμάρχου λόγον ὥσπερ ἱερὸν καὶ ἄσυλον ἀνακεῖσθαί φημι τῷ θεῷ χρῆναι θαυμάζω δ’ εἰ τοῖσ ὑπὸ Σιμμίου λεγομένοισ περὶ αὐτοῦ δυσπιστήσουσί τινεσ, κύκνουσ μὲν ἱεροὺσ καὶ δράκοντασ καὶ κύνασ καὶ ἵππουσ ὀνομάζοντεσ, ἀνθρώπουσ δὲ θείουσ εἶναι καὶ θεοφιλεῖσ ἀπιστοῦντεσ, καὶ ταῦτα τὸν θεὸν οὐ φίλορνιν ἀλλὰ φιλάνθρωπον ἡγούμενοι. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 241)
- "θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ οὖν ὀλίγων ἀνθρώπων κοσμοῦσι βίον, οὓσ ἂν ἄκρωσ μακαρίουσ τε καὶ θείουσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἀπεργάσασθαι βουληθῶσιν· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 2410)
- οὔπω γὰρ αὐτὸ τοὔνομα τῆσ τύχησ λέγοντεσ, εἰδότεσ δὲ τὴν τῆσ ἀτάκτωσ καὶ ἀορίστωσ περιφερομένησ αἰτίασ δύναμιν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ ἀφύλακτον οὖσαν ἀνθρωπίνῳ λογισμῷ τοῖσ τῶν θεῶν ὀνόμασιν ἐξέφραζον, ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ καὶ πράγματα καὶ ἤθη καὶ νὴ Δία καὶ λόγουσ καὶ ἄνδρασ εἰώθαμεν δαιμονίουσ καὶ θείουσ προσαγορεύειν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 6 32:1)
- ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, ἡγοῦμαι χρῆναι νομίζειν τοὺσ τοιούτουσ κινδύνουσ ἀνθρωπίνουσ, τοὺσ δὲ κατὰ θάλατταν θείουσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 223:1)
Synonyms
-
the brother of one's father or mother
-