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θέσπιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέσπιος θέσπιον

Structure: θεσπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = qespe/sios, Orac. ap. Ar.

Sense

Declension

First/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.

Examples

  • οὗτοσ γὰρ ὁρμώμενοσ ἐκ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνοσ τὰσ Ἀμφιτρύωνοσ ἔφθειρε βόασ καὶ τὰσ Θεσπίου. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 4 9:12)
  • διὸ καταδικάσασ ἑαυτοῦ φυγὴν καθαίρεται μὲν ὑπὸ Θεσπίου, παραγενόμενοσ δὲ εἰσ Δελφοὺσ πυνθάνεται τοῦ θεοῦ ποῦ κατοικήσει. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 4 12:2)
  • διατελῶν δὲ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ, πέμψασ πρὸσ Θέσπιον ἑπτὰ μὲν κατέχειν ἔλεγε παῖδασ, τρεῖσ δὲ εἰσ Θήβασ ἀποστέλλειν, τοὺσ δὲ λοιποὺσ τεσσαράκοντα πέμπειν εἰσ Σαρδὼ τὴν νῆσον ἐπ’ ἀποικίαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 6:2)
  • ἦσαν δὲ παῖδεσ αὐτῷ ἐκ μὲν τῶν Θεσπίου θυγατέρων, Πρόκριδοσ μὲν Ἀντιλέων καὶ Ἱππεύσ ἡ πρεσβυτάτη γὰρ διδύμουσ ἐγέννησε, Πανόπησ δὲ Θρεψίππασ, Λύσησ Εὐμήδησ, . (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 8:1)
  • οὗτοι μὲν ἐκ τῶν Θεσπίου θυγατέρων, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων, Δηιανείρασ <μὲν> τῆσ Οἰνέωσ Ὕλλοσ Κτήσιπποσ Γληνὸσ Ὀνείτησ, ἐκ Μεγάρασ δὲ τῆσ Κρέοντοσ Θηρίμαχοσ Δηικόων Κρεοντιάδησ, ἐξ Ὀμφάλησ δὲ Ἀγέλαοσ, ὅθεν καὶ τὸ Κροίσου γένοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 8:11)
  • Θέσπιοσ ἦν ἀνὴρ τὸ γένοσ ἐπιφανὴσ ἐκ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, υἱὸσ Ἐρεχθέωσ, βασιλεύων δὲ τῆσ ὁμωνύμου χώρασ ἐγέννησεν ἐκ πλειόνων γυναικῶν θυγατέρασ πεντήκοντα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 29 2:2)

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

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