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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

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

  • σὺ γὰρ πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἀπαιτηθήσῃ. μὴ καὶ σοὶ ἡτοιμάσθη βασιλεύειν, φάραγγα βαθεῖαν. ξύλα κείμενα, πῦρ καὶ ξύλα πολλά̣ ὁ θυμὸσ Κυρίου ὡσ φάραγξ ὑπὸ θείου καιομένη. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 30:33)
  • ᾦ σύμφωνε νόμου καὶ φιλόσοφε θείου βίου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:7)
  • τύραννε μιαρώτατε καὶ τῆσ οὐρανίου δίκησ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ὠμόφρον, οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεισ τὸν τρόπον, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προασπίζοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:15)
  • οὐ γὰρ τυράννου, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προεστήκασιν ἡμῶν οἱ δορυφόροι. διὰ τοῦτο ἀνίκητον ἔχομεν τὸν λογισμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 11:27)
  • καθοπλισώμεθα τοιγαροῦν τῇ τοῦ θείου λογισμοῦ παθοκρατορίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:16)

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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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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