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|strgr=[[probably]] neuter of [[θεῖος]] (in its [[original]] [[sense]] of [[flashing]]); [[sulphur]]: [[brimstone]]. | |strgr=[[probably]] neuter of [[θεῖος]] (in its [[original]] [[sense]] of [[flashing]]); [[sulphur]]: [[brimstone]]. | ||
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|txtha=θείου, τό ([[apparently]] the neuter of the adjective [[θεῖος]] equivalent to [[divine]] [[incense]], [[because]] [[burning]] [[brimstone]] [[was]] regarded as having [[power]] to [[purify]], and to [[ward]] [[off]] [[contagion]] ([[but]] [[Curtius]], § 320 allies it [[with]] [[θύω]]; cf. Latin fumus, English [[dust]])), [[brimstone]]: [[Homer]], Iliad 16,228; [[Odyssey]] 22,481, 493; ([[Plato]]) Tim. Locr., p. 99c.; Aelian v. h. 13,15 (16); Herodian, 8,4, 26 (9 edition, Bekker).) | |||
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