Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεοτερπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεοτερπής θεοτερπές

Structure: θεοτερπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/rpw

Sense

  1. fit for the gods

Examples

  • πάντ’ ἔπαθεν λιπαρόν τ’ ἐσ ἐγχέλεά τινεσ ἄριστον γογγροπροσωποτόμων πλῆρεσ θεοτερπέσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 28 1:3)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀπόστολον Ιωἄννην οὐρανίησ σοφίησ θεοτερπὲσ δῶμα κιχήσασ εἶπεν Ιωἄννησ, ὡσ Θεὸσ ἦν ὁ λόγοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 821)

Synonyms

  1. fit for 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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