theos
See also: Theos and þeos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”, noun).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.os/, [ˈtʰe.ɔs]
Noun
theos m
- (religion) god or deity
- 1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], OCLC 165843068, page [unpaged]:
- […] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt.
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- 1576, Altenstaig, Johann, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, OCLC 633781092, page 210 [facing page]:
- Multiuoca dicuntur illa (vt inquit Hugo) quæ sub multiplicatione vocum important vnam & eandem rem om nino, vt Theos Deus, omnia talia sunt synonyma in diuinis.
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- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:theos.
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Synonyms
- deus
Derived terms
- the- (combining form)
- theo- (combining form)
References
- "Theos", in Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium copiosissimus, Parisii, 1517, unpaged. OCLC 165983637.
- "Theos", in Bartolomeo Castelli, Lexicon medicum graeco-latinum, Norimberga, 1682, p. 1132. OCLC 488834748.