4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of θεσπεσίοιο:
θεσπέσιος (divinely sounding, divinely sweet): masc/neut gen sg (epic)
θεσπέσιος (divinely sounding, divinely sweet): masc/fem/neut gen sg (epic)
LSJ entry
θεσπέσιος
θεσπέσιος
,
α
,
ον
,
also
ος
,
ον
E. Andr. 296
(lyr.),
Luc. Sacr. 13
:
(perh.
for
θεσ-σπέσιος
,
cf.
θεός,
ἔσπον
):—prop.
of
the
voice,
A.
divinely
sounding,
divinely
sweet
,
ἀοιδή
Il. 2.600
;
Σειρῆνες
Od. 12.158
;
ἔπεα
Pi. I. 4(3).39
;
ἀχέτας
Ar. Av. 1095
(lyr.).
2.
divinely
uttered
or
decreed
,
dat.
sg.
fem.
θεσπεσίῃ
as
Adv.
,
Il. 2.367
.
b.
oracular
,
γένος
Pi. P. 12.13
(of
the
Graiae);
δάφνα
E.
l.c.;
θ.
ὁδός
the
way
of
divination
,
of
Cassandra,
A. Ag. 1154
(lyr.);
εὐχαῖς
ὑπὸ
θ
.
with
prayers
to
the
gods
,
Pi. I. 6(5).44
.
c.
=
θεῖος,
βηλός
Il. 1.591
;
ἄντρον
Od. 13.363
.
II.
more
than
human
:
hence,
awful
,
of
natural
phenomena,
θ.
νέφος
Il. 15.669
;
ἀχλύς
Od. 7.42
;
λαῖλαψ
9.68
;
marvellous
,
χάρις
2.12
;
θ.
ἄωτον,
χαλκός
,
9.434
,
Il. 2.457
;
θ.
ὀδμή
a
smell
divinely
sweet
,
Od. 9.211
;
ὀσμὴ
θ
.
Hermipp. 82.9
;
of
human
affairs,
θ.
φύζα,
φόβος
,
Il. 9.2
,
17.118
;
πλοῦτος
2.670
;
ἠχή
8.159
;
βοή
Od. 24.49
;
θ.
ὅμιλος
Theoc. 15.66
:
also
in
Prose,
τέχνη
θ.
τις
καὶ
ὑψηλή
Pl. Euthd. 289e
;
θ.
βίος
Id. R. 365b
;
θ.
καὶ
ἡδεῖα
ἡ
διαγωγή
ib.
558a
;
σοφοὶ
καὶ
θ.
ἄνδρες
Id. Tht. 151b
,
cf.
Philostr. Dial. 1
;
φύσεις
Id. VS 2.9.2
;
θ.
τὴν
γνώμην
Luc. Alex. 4
.
III.
Adv.
-ίως,
θ.
ἐφόβηθεν
they
trembled
unspeakably
,
Il. 15.637
:
neut.
θεσπέσιον
as
Adv.
,
θ.
ὑλᾶν
Theoc. 25.70
;
also
ἀπόζει
θ.
ὡς
ἡδύ
Hdt. 3.113
;
ὠδώδει
θ.
οἷον
Plu. Alex. 20
;
θεσπεσίηθεν
divinely
,
ἀρηρότα
Emp. 96.4
.
—Chiefly
Ep.
,
once
in
Hdt.
,
twice
in
Trag.
(lyr.),
once
in
Ar.
(lyr.).