θεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Ep. [[θέειον]] (in <span class="bibl">Od.22.493</span> [[θήϊον]]), τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[brimstone]], used to fumigate and purify, δέπας… ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ <span class="bibl">Il.16.228</span>; οἶσε θέειον... κακῶν ἄκος <span class="bibl">Od.22.481</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή</b>, from a thunderbolt, <span class="bibl">Il.14.415</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο</b>, of a ship struck by lightning, <span class="bibl">Od. 12.417</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.2.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.100</span>; Κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θ. καὶ πῦρ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>19.24</span>; as a natural product, Hp.Aër.7, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.21</span>,<span class="bibl">143</span>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99c</span>; θ. ἄπυρον Gal.12.903; opp. [[πεπυρωμένον]], Dsc.5.107; cf. [[θεάφιον]], [[θέαφος]]. (Perh. cogn. with [[θύω]], [[θυμιάω]], Lat. [[suffire]].) </span><br /><span class="bld">θεῖον</span> (B), τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> the [[divinity]], v. [[θεῖος]] (A) 11.</span>