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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

σοφία δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶ γνῶσισ θείων καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων καὶ τῶν τούτων αἰτίων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:15)
σὲ δὲ ταχέωσ μετελεύσεται ὁ Θεόσ, τὴν γὰρ τῶν θείων ὕμνων μελῳδὸν γλῶτταν ἐκτέμνεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:21)
ὦ πρέσβυ, Ταφίων ὅσ ποτ’ ἐξεῖλεσ πόλιν στρατηλατήσασ κλεινὰ Καδμείων δορόσ, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποισι τῶν θείων σαφέσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 3:1)
παρέλιπε δὲ τὴν χρῆσιν τῶν λαχάνων καὶ ἰχθύων καὶ τῶν ὀρνίθων διά τε τὴν λιχνείαν καὶ προσέτι τὴν ἐν ταῖσ σκευασίαισ ἀπρέπειαν, ἐλάττω κεκρικὼσ ἡρωικῶν καὶ θείων ἔργων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 46 2:2)
ἔπειτα κατὰ τὸ μηδὲν αὐτῇ μυθῶδεσ προσάψαι, μηδ’ εἰσ ἀπάτην καὶ γοητείαν τῶν πολλῶν ἐκτρέψαι τὴν γραφήν, ὡσ οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ πάντεσ ἐποίησαν, Λαμίασ τινὰσ ἱστοροῦντεσ ἐν ὕλαισ καὶ νάπαισ ἐκ γῆσ ἀνἱεμένασ, καὶ Ναΐδασ ἀμφιβίουσ ἐκ Ταρτάρων ἐξιούσασ καὶ διὰ πελάγουσ νηχομένασ καὶ μιξόθηρασ, καὶ ταύτασ εἰσ ὁμιλίαν ἀνθρώποισ συνερχομένασ, καὶ ἐκ θνητῶν καὶ θείων συνουσιῶν γονὰσ ἡμιθέουσ, καὶ ἄλλασ τινὰσ ἀπίστουσ τῷ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίῳ καὶ πολὺ τὸ ἀνόητον ἔχειν δοκούσασ ἱστορίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 6 1:2)

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)
φιλόθεος (loving God)
φιλοθέωρος ()
θέω (I run)
θεός (divine)
θεωρός (envoy sent to consult an oracle)
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

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

of or from the gods or God

belonging or sacred to a god

super-human

Imperial

Related

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