Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεοστυγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεοστυγής θεοστυγές

Structure: θεοστυγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: stu/gos

Sense

  1. hated of the gods, hated of God

Examples

  • νῦν δέ σ’ ἡ θεοστυγὴσ ἀφείλεθ’ Ἑλένη, πρὸσ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν σέθεν ἔκτεινε καὶ πάντ’ οἶκον ἐξαπώλεσεν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 3:22)

Synonyms

  1. hated of 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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