θεός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
θεός
θεοῦ
Structure:
θε
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a deity, a god, God
- title of a ruler
- Sometimes feminine, (ἡ θεός): a goddess
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.
- ὦ Θρᾷττα τὴν κίστην κάθελε, κᾆτ’ ἔξελε τὸ πόπανον, ὅπωσ λαβοῦσα θύσω τοῖν θεοῖν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 3:18)
- ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖσ παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμοσ ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν, ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖσ ὡρ́αισ ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ Παύσων σέβεται καὶ νηστεύει, πολλάκισ αὐτοῖν ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν ἐσ τὰσ ὡρ́ασ ξυνεπευχόμενοσ τοιαῦτα μέλειν θάμ’ ἑαυτῷ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, anapests1)
- ἥκετ’ εὔφρονεσ ἵλαοι, πότνιαι, ἄλσοσ ἐσ ὑμέτερον, οὗ δὴ ἀνδράσιν οὐ θέμισ εἰσορᾶν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν, ἵνα λαμπάσι φαίνετον ἄμβροτον ὄψιν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, strophe 21)
- ὤμοσε γάρ, ὦ μῆτερ, κατὰ ταῖν θεοῖν καὶ τῆσ Πολιάδοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:6)
- ὡσ ἐγὼ τοῦτόν γ’, ἐὰν γρύξῃ τι, ποιήσω δακεῖν τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸν περὶ ψυχῆσ δρόμον δραμεῖν, ἵν’ εἰδῇ μὴ πατεῖν τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antistrophe 22)
Synonyms
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title of a ruler