θεῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), [[θεία]], [[θεῖον]]: late Ep. [[θέειος]] Procl.''H.''2.16; [[θεήϊος]] Bion ''Fr.''15.9; late Aeol. [[θήϊος]] ''Epigr.Gr.''989.4 (Balbilla); Lacon. [[σεῖος]] (v. infr. 1.3): Comp. and Sup. <b class="b3">θειότερος, θειότατος</b>, freq. in Pl., ''Phdr.''279a, ''Mx.'' 244d, al.: ([[θεός]]):<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[of the gods]] or [[from the gods]], [[divine]], γένος Il.6.180; [[ὀμφή]] 2.41; [[Ὄνειρος]] ib.22; ἐπιπνοίαις A.''Supp.''577, cf. Pl.''R.''499c; [[μάστιξ]] A. ''Pr.''682; μανία [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''611 (lyr.); [[νόσος]] ib.185 (lyr.) (but <b class="b3">θεία νόσος</b>, of a [[dust]]-[[storm]], Id.''Ant.''421); κίνδυνοι And.1.139; <b class="b3">θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ</b> by [[divine]] [[intervention]], X.''HG''7.5.10; θείῃ τύχῃ γεγονώς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.126; θείῃ τύχῃ χρεώμενος Id.3.139; <b class="b3">θείᾳ κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ</b>, of an easy [[death]], S.''OC''1585; ἐκ θ. [[τύχη]]ς Id.''Ph.''1326; ἔμαθε ὡς θ. εἴη τὸ πρῆγμα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.69; ὁ θεῖος [[νόμος]] Th.3.82; <b class="b3">φύσις θ.</b> ''SIG''1125.8 (Eleusis), cf. ''2 Ep.Pet.''1.4; [[appointed of God]], βασιλῆες Od.4.691; [[σκῆπτρον]] [[given by God]], S.''Ph.''139 (lyr.); v. infr. 2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[belonging to a god]] or [[sacred to a god]], [[holy]], [[ἀγών]], [[χορός]], Il.7.298, Od. 8.264; [[under divine protection]], [[πύργος]], [[δόμος]], Il.21.526, Od.4.43; of heralds and bards, Il.4.192, Od.4.17, al.; so perhaps, of kings, ib. 691.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[more than human]], of heroes, Ὀδυσσεύς Il.2.335, al., Cratin. 144.4 (lyr.); θ. ἀνήρ Pi.''P.''6.38, A.''Ag.''1548 (lyr.), Pl.''R.''331e, ''Men.''99d (esp. at Sparta (Lacon. [[σεῖος]]), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1145a29; <b class="b3">ὦ θεῖε</b> (in the mouth of a Spartan) Pl.''Lg.''626c); μετὰ σοῦ τῆς θείας κεφαλῆς Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''234d, cf. Them.''Or.''9.128a, Lib.''Or.''19.66.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of things, [[excellent]], θεῖον ποτόν Od.2.341, 9.205; ἁλὸς θείοιο Il.9.214; <b class="b3">θ. πρήγματα</b> [[marvellous]] things, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.66; ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον Id.7.137.<br><span class="bld">4</span> = Lat. [[divinus]] (or [[sacer]]), ''Imperial'', [[διατάξεις]] prob. in ''BGU''473.5 (200 A.D.), etc.; θησαυροί ''PLips.''62ii14 (iv A.D.); <b class="b3">θ. ὅρκος</b> oath [[by the Emperor]], POxy.83.6 (iv A.D.), etc.; [[θειότατος]], of living Emperors, ''Inscr.Prien.''105.22 (9 B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> = Lat. [[divus]], of deified Emperors, θ. [[Σεβαστός]] Edict.Claud. ap.J.''AJ''19.5.3, cf.''Inscr.Perg.''283 (iii A.D.), Lyd.''Mag.''2.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[θεῖον]], τό, [[the Divinity]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32,3.108, al., A.''Ch.''958 (lyr.); τοῦ θ. χάριν Th.5.70; <b class="b3">ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 242c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in an abstract sense, [[divinity]], <b class="b3">κεκοινώνηκε… τοῦ θ.</b> ib.246d; <b class="b3">ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ.... ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος</b>] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''656a8, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ θεῖον</b> or <b class="b3">κατά τι θ.</b>, Aen.Gaz.''Thphr.''p.37 B., p.4 B.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[θεῖα]], τά, [[the acts of the gods]], [[course of providence]], S.''Ph.''452, etc.; τὰ θεῖα θνητοὺς ὄντας [[εὐπετῶς]] φέρειν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''585; τὰ θεῖα μὴ φαύλως φέρειν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''961.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[matters of religion]], <b class="b3">ἔρρει τὰ θεῖα</b> [[religion]] is no [[more]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''910 (lyr.), cf. ''OC''1537, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.8.2, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[inquiries concerning the divine]], Pl.''Sph.''232c; <b class="b3">τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων</b>, i.e. the [[heavenly]] bodies, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1026a18, cf. ''GA''731b24, ''Ph.''196a33 (Sup.), ''EN''1141b1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[θείως]] = [[by divine providence]], θ. πως [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.1, etc.; [[θειοτέρως]] = [[by special providence]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.122; <b class="b3">μᾶλλόν τι καὶ θειότερον</b> ib.174.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[divinely]], [[excellently]], <b class="b3">εὖ γε καὶ θείως</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''154d; θείως εἰρῆσθαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1074b9.<br /><br />(B), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one's father's brother]] or [[one's mother's brother]], [[uncle]], E.''IT''930, Ar. ''Nu.''124, And.1.18,117, Pl.''Chrm.''154b, Men.5 D., etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς θ.</b> Is.5.10; πρὸς πατρός Ph.2.172. (Cf. [[τήθη]].)