θεά
τέχνη δὲ ἄνευ ἀλκῆς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ (Thucydides 2.87.4.6) → η τέχνη απαιτεί κουράγιο, skill without heart is useless
English (LSJ)
ἡ, in later Ep. θεή Call.Dian.119, dat.
A θεῇ A.R.3.549 codd. (Hom. has dat. pl. θεῆς, θεῇσι, Il.3.158, 8.305), Lacon. σιά Ar.Lys. 1263(lyr.): fem. of θεός (q.v.) in Ep., Trag.(with imitations in Com., as Antiph.81, Eub.64), Att. in set phrases (v. infr.) and later Prose: —goddess, opp. γυνή, Il.14.315: with another Subst., θ. μήτηρ 1.280; θεαὶ νύμφαι 24.615; Παλλὰς θ. S.Ant.1184; θεοὶ θεαί τε A.Th.87(lyr.); μὰ θεούς, μὰ θεάς Pl.Smp.219c; μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὰς θεάς D.19.67; τοῖς δώδεκα θεοῖς καὶ ταῖς σεμναῖς θεαῖς IG22.112.9, cf. Antiph.206.2, Anaxandr.2; τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῇ θεᾷ IG12.76.39: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, μεγάλα θεά S.OC683 (in earlier Att. τὼ θεώ, v. θεός) ; αἱ θεαί IG22.661.28 (iii B.C.); αἱ σεμναὶ θ. the Erinyes, S.OC458, etc.; δειναί, ἀνώνυμοι θ., E.El.1270, IT944. II name of third τόπος, Vett. Val.69.12, Paul.Al.L.3, cf. Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).144. [-, but sts. monosyll. in Trag., as E.Andr.978.]
