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.
- καίτοι εἰ κατὰ ἀλήθειαν μὴ ἦν ὁ νόμοσ ἡμῶν, ὡσ σὺ ὑπολαμβάνεισ, θεῖοσ, οὐδὲ οὕτωσ ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἦν τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ δόξαν ἀκυρῶσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:18)
- Ἀληθῶσ γὰρ ἦν ἀγὼν θεῖοσ ὁ δι’ αὐτῶν γεγενημένοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:11)
- καὶ μὴν οὐδ’ ἂν ὁ θεῖοσ πρὸσ μητρὸσ ἡμῖν ὤν, τούτῳ δὲ οὐδὲν προσήκων δήπου τῇ τούτου μητρὶ ἠθέλησεν ἄν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, μαρτυρῆσαι ψευδῆ μαρτυρίαν, δι’ ἣν ἡμῖν γίνεται βλάβη περιφανήσ, εἴπερ ξένον ὄντα τοῦτον εἰσποιοῦμεν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 2:6)
- δόξαν, ὦ χρυσαλάκατοι Χάριτεσ, πεισίμβροτον δοίητ’, ἐπεὶ Μουσᾶν γε ϝιοβλεφάρων θεῖοσ προφάτασ εὔτυκοσ Φλειοῦντά τε καὶ Νεμεαίου Ζηνὸσ εὐθαλὲσ πέδον ὑμνεῖν, ὅθι μηλοδαί̈κταν θρέψεν ἁ λευκώλενοσ Ἥρα περικλειτῶν ἀέθλων πρῶτον Ἡρακλεῖ βαρύφθογγον λέοντα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 1:1)
- ἑζόμενοσ δ’ ὅ γε θεῖοσ ἀνήρ, πεπνυμένα εἰδώσ, ἢ ὅ γε πρὸσ τοῖχον πελάσασ ἐυερκέοσ αὐλῆσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 83:5)
Synonyms
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the brother of one's father or mother
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