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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

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

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	θεῖος	θείᾱ	θεῖον
	Genitive	θείου	θείᾱς	θείου
	Dative	θείῳ	θείᾱͅ	θείῳ
	Accusative	θεῖον	θείᾱν	θεῖον
	Vocative	θεῖε	θείᾱ	θεῖον
Dual	N/A/V	θείω	θείᾱ	θείω
Dual	G/D	θείοιν	θείαιν	θείοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

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

of or from the gods or God
- θεσπέσιος (divine, by the will of God, of divination)
- θεόγονος (born of God, divine)
- θέσφατος (divine)
- θεήϊος (divine)
- θεοειδής (divine of form)
- θεόμορφος (of form divine)
- ἀδέσποτος (of the gods)
- ἐπουράνιος (, the gods)
- ἄμβροτος (belonging to the gods)
belonging or sacred to a god
- ἁγνός (holy, sacred)
- ἅγιος (Of things: sacred, holy)
- ἱερός (holy, sacred, consecrated)
- σεμνός (devoted to the gods, holiness)
- ἄθικτος (not to be touched, holy, sacred)
super-human
- ἀνθρώπειος (human)
Imperial
- τύραννος (imperious, despotic)

θεῖον (Sulfur)
καταχθόνιος (subterranean)
φιλοθέωρος ()
φιλόθεος (loving God)
θεωρός (envoy sent to consult an oracle)
θέω (I run)
θεός (divine)
δεισιδαίμων (superstitious)
ἀπαράβατος (not passing over to)
ἐπίπνοια (a breathing upon)
θεόπεμπτος (sent by the gods)
δαιμόνιος (strange)
δαιμόνιον (the dive Power)
μυσταγωγός (one who initiates into mysteries)
θεόσδοτος (given by the gods)
συνεξαμαρτάνω (to have part in a fault)
τελείωσις (accomplishment)
ἀνθρώπειος (of or belonging to man)
εὐχαριστίᾱ (thanks)
Πυθοχρήστης (sent by the Pythian oracle)
παραδόσιμος (handed down)
δίδαγμα (a lesson)
θεσπίζω (to declare by oracle)
γεννητός (begotten)
ἱεροφάντης (a hierophant)
ἐπίπνους (breathed upon)
ἀφθαρσία (incorruption)
μαντικός (of or for a soothsayer or his art)
εἴκασμα (a likeness)
φιλόκαινος (loving novelty or innovation)

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θεῖος

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of or from the gods or God

belonging or sacred to a god

super-human

Imperial

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θεῖος

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Declension

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Synonyms

of or from the gods or God

belonging or sacred to a god

super-human

Imperial

Related

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