Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεόδμητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεόδμητος θεόδμητον

Structure: θεοδμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/mw

Sense

  1. god-built, made or founded by the gods

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ Τροία θ’ Ἕκτορόσ τ’ ἀπόλλυται ψυχή, πατρῴα θ’ ἑστία κατεσκάφη, αὐτὸσ δὲ βωμῷ πρὸσ θεοδμήτῳ πίτνει σφαγεὶσ Ἀχιλλέωσ παιδὸσ ἐκ μιαιφόνου, κτείνει με χρυσοῦ τὸν ταλαίπωρον χάριν ξένοσ πατρῷοσ καὶ κτανὼν ἐσ οἶδμ’ ἁλὸσ μεθῆχ’, ἵν’ αὐτὸσ χρυσὸν ἐν δόμοισ ἔχῃ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. god-built

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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