Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεόπτυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεόπτυστος θεόπτυστον

Structure: θεοπτυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptu/w

Sense

  1. detested by the gods

Examples

  • ἢ γὰρ ξυνεισβὰσ πλοῖον εὐσεβὴσ ἀνὴρ ναύταισι θερμοῖσ καὶ πανουργίᾳ τινὶ ὄλωλεν ἀνδρῶν σὺν θεοπτύστῳ γένει, ἢ ξὺν πολίταισ ἀνδράσιν δίκαιοσ ὢν ἐχθροξένοισ τε καὶ θεῶν ἀμνήμοσιν, ταὐτοῦ κυρήσασ ἐκδίκωσ ἀγρεύματοσ, πληγεὶσ θεοῦ μάστιγι παγκοίνῳ ’δάμη. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 3 1:19)

Synonyms

  1. detested by the gods

Similar forms

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

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