Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεόσδοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεόσδοτος θεόσδοτον

Structure: θεοσδοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/dwmi

Sense

  1. given by the gods

Examples

  • καὶ πάλιν ὅταν λένῃ μηδὲ ποτ’ οὐλομένην πενίην θυμοφθόρον ἀνδρὶ τέτλαθ’ ὀνειδίζειν, μακάρων δόσιν αἰὲν ἐόντων , θεόσδοτον νῦν τὸ τυχηρὸν εἴρηκεν, ὡσ οὐκ ἄξιον ἐγκαλεῖν τοῖσ διὰ τὴν τύχην πενομένοισ, ἀλλὰ τὴν μετ’ ἀργίασ καὶ μαλακίασ καὶ πολυτελείασ ἀπορίαν κακίζειν αἰσχρὰν καὶ ἐπονείδιστον οὖσαν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 6 30:2)
  • σοφοὶ δέ τοι κάλλιον φέροντι καὶ τὰν θεόσδοτον δύναμιν. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 5 3:1)
  • εἰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλο τί ἐστι θεῶν δώρημα ἀνθρώποισ, εὔλογον καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν θεόσδοτον εἶναι, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ὅσῳ βέλτιστον. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 92:1)
  • ἀλλά, φίλοσ, μνώεο Γρηγορίου, Γρηγορίου, τὸν μητρὶ θεόσδοτον ὤπασε Χριστὸσ φάσμασιν ἐννυχίοισ, δῶκε δ’ ἔρον σοφίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 842)

Synonyms

  1. given by the gods

Related

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

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