θεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Ep. θέειον (in <span class="bibl">Od.22.493</span> θήϊον), τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">brimstone</b>, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας… ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ <span class="bibl">Il.16.228</span>; οἶσε θέειον... κακῶν ἄκος <span class="bibl">Od.22.481</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή</b>, from a thunderbolt, <span class="bibl">Il.14.415</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο</b>, of a ship struck by lightning, <span class="bibl">Od. 12.417</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.2.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.100</span>; Κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θ. καὶ πῦρ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>19.24</span>; as a natural product, Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.7, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.21</span>,<span class="bibl">143</span>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99c</span>; θ. ἄπυρον Gal.12.903; opp. <b class="b3">πεπυρωμένον</b>, Dsc.5.107; cf. <b class="b3">θεάφιον, θέαφος</b>. (Perh. cogn. with <b class="b3">θύω, θυμιάω</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">suffire</b>.) </span><br /><span class="bld">θεῖον</span> (B), τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the Divinity</b>, v. [[θεῖος]] (A) 11.</span>

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1191.png Seite 1191]] τό, ep. [[θέειον]] u. [[θήϊον]], der Schwefel; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο Od. 14, 307; [[οἶσε]] [[θέειον]], γρηΰ, κακῶν [[ἄκος]] 22, 481, wo es 493 heißt ἤνεικεν δ' ἄρα πῦρ καὶ [[θήϊον]], zur Reinigung des Zimmers, in dem die Freier erschlagen worden; weil man so dem Schwefel Unheil abwehrende Kraft zuschrieb, soll er von [[θεῖος]], göttlich, seinen Namen bekommen haben. Einzeln bei Folgdn, wie Tim. Locr. 99 c.

|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>.