θεοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
θεός (theós, “god”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “like”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/
Adjective
θεοειδής • (theoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θεοειδές); third declension
- godlike
- Synonym: θεοείκελος (theoeíkelos)
Declension
Third declension of θεοειδής; θεοειδές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | θεοειδής theoeidḗs | θεοειδές theoeidés | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖς theoeideîs | θεοειδῆ theoeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | θεοειδοῦς theoeidoûs | θεοειδοῦς theoeidoûs | θεοειδοῖν theoeidoîn | θεοειδοῖν theoeidoîn | θεοειδῶν theoeidôn | θεοειδῶν theoeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδοῖν theoeidoîn | θεοειδοῖν theoeidoîn | θεοειδέσῐ / θεοειδέσῐν theoeidési(n) | θεοειδέσῐ / θεοειδέσῐν theoeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | θεοειδῆ theoeidê | θεοειδές theoeidés | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖς theoeideîs | θεοειδῆ theoeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | θεοειδές theoeidés | θεοειδές theoeidés | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖ theoeideî | θεοειδεῖς theoeideîs | θεοειδῆ theoeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
θεοειδῶς theoeidôs | θεοειδέστερος theoeidésteros | θεοειδέστᾰτος theoeidéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Medieval Latin: deiformis (calque)
- → English: deiform
- Italian: deiforme
Further reading
- θεοειδής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θεοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- god-like idem, page 365.