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θεός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεός θεός θεοῦ

Structure: θε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. divine (used only in comparative: θεώτερος ‎(theṓteros))

Note

오직 비교급으로만 사용됨

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative θεός θεόν
Genitive θεοῦ θεοῦ
Dative θεῷ θεῷ
Accusative θεόν θεόν
Vocative θεέ θεόν
DualN/A/V θεώ θεῶ
G/D θεοῖν θεοῖν
PluralNominative θεοί θεά
Genitive θεῶν θεῶν
Dative θεοῖς θεοῖς
Accusative θεούς θεά
Vocative θεοί θεά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θεός θεοῦ θεώτερος θεωτεροῦ θεώτατος θεωτατοῦ
Adverb θεῶς θεώτερον θεώτατα

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.

Examples

  • 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)

Related

Derived

  • ἄθεος (without gods, rejecting or disdaining the belief in the gods , generally: godless)

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