θεῖος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[θεῖος]], ὁ,<br />one's [[father]]'s or [[mother]]'s [[brother]], [[uncle]], Lat. [[patruus]] and [[avunculus]], Eur., etc. <br />[[θεῖος]], η, ον [comp. and Sup. θειότερος, -ότατος, [[θεώτερος]] [[being]] comp. of [[θεός]] [[θεός]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of or from the gods, sent by the gods, issuing from them, [[divine]], Hom., Hdt., [[attic]]; θ. [[νόσος]] of a [[whirlwind]], Soph.; θείᾳ τινὶ μοίρᾳ by [[divine]] [[intervention]], Xen.; so, [[θείῃ]] τύχῃ Hdt.:— appointed of God, βασιλῆες Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> belonging or [[sacred]] to a god, in [[honour]] of a god, [[holy]], Hom.: under [[divine]] [[protection]], [[δόμος]] Hom.; of heralds and minstrels, Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> like [[θεσπέσιος]], [[ἱερός]], Lat. [[divinus]], of [[anything]] [[more]] [[than]] [[human]], [[wondrous]]: of heroes, [[divinely]] [[strong]], [[great]], [[beautiful]], etc., Hom.; and as a [[mere]] [[mark]] of [[respect]], [[excellent]], [[θεῖος]] [[ὑφορβός]] Od.; so, θ. πρήγματα [[marvellous]] things, Hdt.; ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον one of the [[most]] [[marvellous]] things, Hdt.; so, at [[Sparta]], [[θεῖος]] (or [[rather]] σεῖοσ) [[ἀνήρ]] was a [[title]] of [[distinction]], Plat., Arist.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as [[substantive]], [[θεῖον]], ου, τό, the Divine Being, the Divinity, Deity, Hdt., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[θεῖα]], τά, [[divine]] things, the acts and attributes of the gods, the [[course]] of [[providence]], Soph., Ar., etc.: [[religious]] observances, Xen.; [[ἔρρει]] τὰ [[θεῖα]] [[religion]] is out of [[date]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. [[θείως]], by [[divine]] [[providence]], Xen.; θειοτέρως by [[special]] [[providence]], Hdt.