θεῖος?
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration: theios
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 μηλοδαΐκταν 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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