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
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.
- θεῖοι γάρ εἰσιν αὐταῖσ διὰ τὸ τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἐμὴν τοῦτον λαβεῖν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 115:2)
- οἱ δ’ αὖ θεῖοι καὶ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐπιστήμονεσ ἄρχοντεσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ τούτουσ, πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ ἄλλουσ παραλαμβάνοντεσ, αἰσχυνομένουσ τε ἔχουσιν αἰσχρόν τι ποιεῖν καὶ πείθεσθαι οἰομένουσ βέλτιον εἶναι, καὶ ἀγαλλομένουσ τῷ πείθεσθαι ἕνα ἕκαστον καὶ σύμπαντασ, πονεῖν ὅταν δεήσῃ, οὐκ ἀθύμωσ πονοῦντασ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 6:1)
- ὁπόσοι γὰρ θεῖοι καὶ σώφρονεσ ἅμα τῆσ ἄλλησ τε μετέχοντεσ ἀρετῆσ φύσει, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ὅσα μαθήματοσ ἔχεται μακαρίου πάντα εἰληφότεσ ‐ ἃ δ’ ἔστιν εἰρήκαμεν ‐ τούτοισιν μόνοισ τὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου σύμπαντα ἱκανῶσ εἴληχέ τε καὶ ἔχει. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 132:1)
- ὃν οἱ θεῖοι ποιηταὶ μαθόντεσ ἐκ Μουσῶν ὑμνοῦσιν ἅμα καὶ ὀνομάζουσι πατέρα θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 58:1)
- καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ ζῷα κατὰ γένη καὶ ἀγέλασ οἱο͂ν νομῆσ θεῖοι διειλήφεσαν δαίμονεσ, αὐτάρκησ εἰσ πάντα ἕκαστοσ ἑκάστοισ ὢν οἷσ αὐτὸσ ἔνεμεν, ὥστε οὔτ’ ἄγριον ἦν οὐδὲν οὔτε ἀλλήλων ἐδωδαί, πόλεμόσ τε οὐκ ἐνῆν οὐδὲ στάσισ τὸ παράπαν· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 88:2)
- λέγει δὲ καὶ Πίνδαροσ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ὅσοι θεῖοί εἰσιν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 68:1)
Synonyms
-
of or from the gods or God
-
belonging or sacred to a god
-
super-human
-
Imperial
