θεῖον
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
English (LSJ)
(A), Ep. θέειον (in Od.22.493 θήϊον), τό,
A brimstone, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας . . ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ Il.16.228; οἶσε θέειον... κακῶν ἄκος Od.22.481; δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή, from a thunderbolt, Il.14.415; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, of a ship struck by lightning, Od. 12.417; ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ. Th.2.77, cf. 4.100; Κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θ. καὶ πῦρ LXX Ge.19.24; as a natural product, Hp.Aër.7, Ph.2.21,143, Ti.Locr.99c; θ. ἄπυρον Gal.12.903; opp. πεπυρωμένον, Dsc.5.107; cf. θεάφιον, θέαφος. (Perh. cogn. with θύω, θυμιάω, Lat. suffire.)
θεῖον (B), τό,
A the Divinity, v. θεῖος (A) 11.
