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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[brimstone]] (Il., IA).<br />Other forms: ep. <b class="b3">θέειον</b>, also <b class="b3">θήϊον</b> (χ 493)<br />Compounds: also with <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b2">treat with sulphur</b> (Od., medic.); from here <b class="b3">θεώματα τὰ περικαθαρτήρια</b> H.<br />Derivatives: Diminutivum <b class="b3">θε(ι)άφιον</b> (H., Tz.; <b class="b3">θέαφος</b> Eust.), adj. <b class="b3">θειώδης</b> [[sulphuric]] (Str., medic.), denomin. verb <b class="b3">θειόω</b>, <b class="b3">θεόω</b>, ep. <b class="b3">θεειόω</b>,<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [268] <b class="b2">*dʰues-</b> [[smoke]] [doubtful!]<br />Etymology: The basic form was <b class="b3">θέειον</b>, from where through hyphaeresis <b class="b3">θεῖον</b>, through further loss of the <b class="b3">ι θεόω</b>, <b class="b3">θεάφιον</b>; further through metrical lengthening and suffix-change unique <b class="b3">θήϊον</b>. <b class="b3">θέειον</b> < <b class="b3">*θϜέσειον</b> is a substantivized adjective from a noun <b class="b3">*θϜέσος</b> n. prop. [[smoke]], formed to a verb for <b class="b2">smoke, breathe (out)</b> in Lith. <b class="b2">dves-iù</b> <b class="b2">expire the soul</b>. Solmsen Unt. 85ff. (in details diff.). Cf. on <b class="b3">θεός</b> and 2. <b class="b3">θύω</b>.

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