θεῖος

θεῖος (A), α, ον: late [dialect] Ep. [full] θέειος Procl.H.2.16; [full] θεήϊος Bion Fr.15.9; late [dialect] Aeol. [full] θήϊος Epigr.Gr.989.4 ([place name] Balbilla); [dialect] Lacon. [full] σεῖος (v. infr. 1.3): [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. θειότερος, -ότατος, freq. in Pl., Phdr.279a, Mx. 244d, al.: ([etym.] θεός):

1 of or from the gods, divine,

γένος Il.6.180

;

ὀμφή 2.41

; Ὄνειρος ib.22;

ἐπιπνοίαις A.Supp.577

, cf. Pl.R.499c;

μάστιξ A. Pr.682

;

μανία S.Aj.611

(lyr.); νόσος ib.185 (lyr.) (but θ. νόσος, of a dust-storm, Id.Ant.421);

κίνδυνοι And.1.139

; θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ by divine intervention, X.HG7.5.10;

θ. τύχῃ γεγονώς Hdt.1.126

;

θ. τύχῃ χρεώμενος Id.3.139

; θ. κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ, of an easy death, S.OC1585;

ἐκ θ. τύχης Id.Ph.1326

;

ἔμαθε ὡς θ. εἴη τὸ πρῆγμα Hdt.6.69

;

ὁ θ. νόμος Th.3.82

; φύσις θ. SIG1125.8 ([place name] Eleusis), cf. 2 Ep.Pet.1.4; appointed of God,

βασιλῆες Od.4.691

; σκῆπτρον given by God, S.Ph.139 (lyr.); v. infr. 2.

2 belonging or sacred to a god, holy, ἀγών, χορός, Il.7.298, Od. 8.264; under divine protection, πύργος, δόμος, Il.21.526, Od.4.43; of heralds and bards, Il.4.192, Od.4.17, al.; so perh., of kings, ib. 691.

3 morethan human, of heroes,

Ὀδυσσεύς Il.2.335

, al., Cratin. 144.4 (lyr.);

θ. ἀνήρ Pi.P.6.38

, A.Ag.1548 (lyr.), Pl.R.331e, Men.99d (esp. at Sparta ([dialect] Lacon. σεῖος), Arist.EN1145a29; ὦ θεῖε (in the mouth of a Spartan) Pl.Lg.626c);

μετὰ σοῦ τῆς θείας κεφαλῆς Id.Phdr.234d

, cf. Them.Or.9.128a, Lib.Or.19.66.

b of things, excellent,

θεῖον ποτόν Od.2.341

, 9.205;

ἁλὸς θείοιο Il.9.214

; θ. πρήγματα marvellous things, Hdt.2.66;

ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον Id.7.137

.

4 = Lat. divinus (or sacer), Imperial, διατάξεις prob. in BGU473.5 (200 A.D.), etc.;

θησαυροί PLips.62ii14

(iv A.D.); θ. ὅρκος oath by the Emperor, POxy.83.6 (iv A.D.), etc.; θειότατος, of living Emperors, Inscr.Prien.105.22 (9 B.C.), etc.

b = Lat.divus, of deified Emperors, θ. Σεβαστός Edict.Claud. ap.J.AJ19.5.3, cf.Inscr.Perg.283 (iii A.D.), Lyd.Mag.2.3.

II as Subst., θεῖον, τό, the Divinity, Hdt.1.32,3.108, al., A.Ch.958 (lyr.);

τοῦ θ. χάριν Th.5.70

; ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ. Pl.Phdr.242c.

2 in an abstract sense, divinity, κεκοινώνηκε . . τοῦ θ. ib.246d; ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ . . . , ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος] Arist.PA656a8, etc.; κατὰ θεῖον or κατά τι θ., Aen.Gaz.Thphr.p.37 B., p.4 B.

3 θεῖα, τά, the acts of the gods, course of providence, S.Ph.452, etc.;

τὰ θ. θνητοὺς ὄντας εὐπετῶς φέρειν S.Fr.585

;

τὰ θ. μὴ φαύλως φέρειν Ar.Av.961

.

b matters of religion, ἔρρει τὰ θ. religion is no more, S.OT910 (lyr.), cf. OC1537, X.Cyr.8.8.2, etc.

c inquiries concerning the divine, Pl.Sph.232c; τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων, i.e. the heavenly bodies, Arist.Metaph.1026a18, cf. GA731b24, Ph.196a33 ([comp] Sup.), EN1141b1.

III Adv. θείως by divine providence,

θ. πως X.Cyr.4.2.1

, etc.; θειοτέρως by special providence, Hdt.1.122; μᾶλλόν τι καὶ -ότερον ib.174.

2 divinely, excellently, εὖ γε καὶ θ. Pl.Tht.154d;

θείως εἰρῆσθαι Arist.Metaph.1074b9

.

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θεῖος (B), ὁ,

A one's father's or mother's brother, uncle, E.IT930, Ar. Nu.124, And.1.18,117, Pl.Chrm.154b, Men.5 D., etc.; ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς θ. Is.5.10;

πρὸς πατρός Ph.2.172

. (Cf.τήθη.)