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θεόμορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεόμορος θεόμορον

Structure: θεομορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. destined by the gods, imparted by them
  2. blessed by the gods

Examples

  • τᾶσ ἄπο θεόμοροι νίσοντ’ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀοιδαί, ᾧ τινι, κραίνων ἐφετμὰσ Ἡρακλέοσ προτέρασ, ἀτρεκὴσ Ἑλλανοδίκασ γλεφάρων Αἰτωλὸσ ἀνὴρ ὑψόθεν ἀμφὶ κόμαισι βάλῃ γλαυκόχροα κόσμον ἐλαίασ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 3 3:2)
  • τὸ μὲν ἐμὸν Πηλέϊ γάμου θεόμορον ὀπάσσαι γέρασ Αἰακίδᾳ, ὅντ’ εὐσεβέστατον φάτισ Ιὠλκοῦ τράφειν πεδίον· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 8 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. blessed by the gods

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

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