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θεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεῖος θεῖα θεῖον

Structure: θει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: comp. and Sup. qeio/teros, -o/tatos, qew/teros being comp. of qeo/s

Sense

  1. of or from the gods or God, divine
  2. belonging or sacred to a god, holy
  3. super-human (used of heroic figures)
  4. Imperial

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative θεῖος θείᾱ θεῖον
Genitive θείου θείᾱς θείου
Dative θείῳ θείᾱͅ θείῳ
Accusative θεῖον θείᾱν θεῖον
Vocative θεῖε θείᾱ θεῖον
DualN/A/V θείω θείᾱ θείω
G/D θείοιν θείαιν θείοιν
PluralNominative θεῖοι θεῖαι θεῖα
Genitive θείων θειῶν θείων
Dative θείοις θείαις θείοις
Accusative θείους θείᾱς θεῖα
Vocative θεῖοι θεῖαι θεῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θεῖος θείου θειώτερος θειωτέρου θειώτατος θειωτάτου
Adverb θείως θειώτερον θειώτατα

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

  • εὐοσμότατα δὲ τὰ ἐν Κυρήνῃ, διὸ καὶ τὸ μύρον ἥδιστον, καὶ τῶν ἰών δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθέων ἄκρατοι μάλιστα καὶ θεῖαι αἱ ὀσμαί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 29 2:1)
  • ἀλλὰ διακεκρίσθαι γὰρ τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ὅσαι τε ἀνθρώπιναι τιμαὶ καὶ ὅσαι θεῖαι πολλοῖσ μὲν καὶ ἄλλοισ, καθάπερ ναῶν τε οἰκοδομήσει καὶ ἀγαλμάτων ἀναστάσει καὶ τεμένη ὅτι τοῖσ θεοῖσ ἐξαιρεῖται καὶ θύεται ἐκείνοισ καὶ σπένδεται, καὶ ὕμνοι μὲν ἐσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ποιοῦνται, ἔπαινοι δὲ ἐσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ‐ ἀτὰρ οὐχ ἥκιστα τῷ τῆσ προσκυνήσεωσ νόμῳ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 11 2:2)
  • οὔκουν οὐδὲ αὐτῷ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ ζῶντι ἔτι θεῖαι τιμαὶ παῤ Ἑλλήνων ἐγένοντο, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ τελευτήσαντι πρόσθεν ἤ πρὸσ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖσ ἐπιθεσπισθῆναι ὡσ θεὸν τιμᾶν Ἡρακλέα. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 11 7:1)
  • τίνεσ οὖν, ὦ ξένε, αἱ μὴ τοιαῦται ἀνάγκαι τῶν μαθημάτων, θεῖαι δέ; (Plato, Laws, book 7 188:2)
  • τὸ δὲ ἀναγκαῖον αὐτῶν οὐχ οἱο͂́ν τε ἀποβάλλειν, ἀλλ’ ἐοίκεν ὁ τὸν θεὸν πρῶτον παροιμιασάμενοσ εἰσ ταῦτα ἀποβλέψασ εἰπεῖν ὡσ οὐδὲ θεὸσ ἀνάγκῃ μή ποτε φανῇ μαχόμενοσ, ὅσαι θεῖαί γε, οἶμαι, τῶν γε ἀναγκῶν εἰσίν· (Plato, Laws, book 7 187:3)

Synonyms

  1. of or from the gods or God

  2. belonging or sacred to a god

  3. super-human

  4. Imperial

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