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θεώτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεώτερος θεώτερᾱ θεώτερον

Structure: θεωτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: comp. of qeo/s,

Sense

  1. more divine

Examples

  • δύω δέ τέ οἱ θύραι εἰσίν, αἱ μὲν πρὸσ Βορέαο καταιβαταὶ ἀνθρώποισιν, αἱ δ’ αὖ πρὸσ Νότου εἰσὶ θεώτεραι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 14:9)

Synonyms

  1. more divine

Similar forms

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

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