θεολόγος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
θεολόγος
θεολόγου
Structure:
θεολογ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- one who speaks of God and the divine nature, a theologian
Declension
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.
- "ἀκούομεν οὖν τῶν θεολόγων τὰ μὲν ἐν ποιήμασι τὰ δ’ ἄνευ μέτρου λεγόντων καὶ ὑμνούντων, ὡσ ἄφθαρτοσ ὁ θεὸσ καὶ ἀίδιοσ πεφυκώσ, ὑπὸ δή τινοσ εἱμαρμένησ γνώμησ καὶ λόγου μεταβολαῖσ ἑαυτοῦ χρώμενοσ, ἄλλοτε μὲν εἰσ πῦρ ἀνῆψε τὴν φύσιν πάνθ’ ὁμοιώσασ πᾶσιν, ἄλλοτε δὲ παντοδαπὸσ ἔν τε μορφαῖσ καὶ ἐν πάθεσι καὶ δυνάμεσι διαφόροισ γιγνόμενοσ, ὡσ γίγνεται νῦν, κόσμοσ ὀνομάζεται δὲ τῷ γνωριμωτάτῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 92)
- "ὁρᾷσ γὰρ ὅτι καὶ Πλάτων ἐν τῷ Συμποσίῳ περὶ τέλουσ διαλεγόμενοσ καὶ τοῦ πρώτου ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ὅλωσ θεολογῶν οὐκ ἐντείνει τὴν ἀπόδειξιν οὐδ’ ὑποκονίεται, τὴν λαβὴν ὥσπερ εἰώθεν εὔτονον ποιῶν καὶ ἄφυκτον, ἀλλ’ ὑγροτέροισ λήμμασι καὶ παραδείγμασι καὶ μυθολογίαισ προσάγεται τοὺσ ἄνδρασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 11:7)
Synonyms
-
one who speaks of God and the divine nature
- προφήτης (one who speaks for a god: prophet)
