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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

  • καὶ ὅλωσ τοσαῦτά ἐστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ὡσ μηδὲν εἶναι μέροσ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ ὃ μὴ ταῖσ θείαισ εἰκόσιν διακεκόσμηται. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 26:2)
  • πλησίον δέ γε ταύτησ ἄσιτοσ ἡμέραν καὶ νύχθ’ ὅλην κεστρεὺσ λοπισθείσ, ἁλσὶ πασθείσ, ἐκστραφείσ, χρωσθείσ, ὁμοῦ τι πρὸσ τέλοσ δρόμου περῶν, σίζει κεκραγώσ, παῖσ δ’ ἐφέστηκε ῥανῶν ὄξει, Λίβυσ τε καυλὸσ ἐξηρασμένοσ ἀκτῖσι θείαισ σιλφίου παραστατεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 17 3:6)
  • ὀψὲ δ’ ἡ Πλάτωνοσ ἐκλάμψασα δόξα διὰ τὸν βίον τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, καὶ ὅτι ταῖσ θείαισ καὶ κυριωτέραισ ἀρχαῖσ ὑπέταξε τὰσ φυσικὰσ ἀνάγκασ, ἀφεῖλε τὴν τῶν λόγων τούτων διαβολήν, καὶ τοῖσ μαθήμασιν εἰσ ἅπαντασ ὁδὸν ἐνέδωκεν. (Plutarch, , chapter 23 4:1)
  • Διὸσ δ’ ἀπημάντῳ σθένει καὶ θείαισ ἐπιπνοίαισ παύεται, δακρύων δ’ ἀπο‐ στάζει πένθιμον αἰδῶ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 44)
  • Μακεδόνασ δὲ ἂν τὸν σφῶν βασιλέα δικαιότερον θείαισ τιμαῖσ κοσμοῦντασ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 10 7:1)

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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