4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of θεῷ:
θεάω (gaze at, behold): pres opt act 3rd sg
θεός (God, the Deity): masc dat sg
LSJ entries
θεάομαι
θεάομαι
,
Ep.
and
Ion.
θηέομαι
(v.
infr.),
Dor.
θᾱέομαι
,
*θάομαι
(qq.
v.),
imper.
θεῶ
Ar. Ach. 262
;
opt.
θηοῖο
(for
Att.
θεῷο
)
Il. 24.418
;
part.
θηεύμενος
Hdt. 7.146
:
Ion.
impf.
ἐθηεῖτο,
ἐθηεῦντο
,
Id. 1.10
,
3.136
;
Ep.
θηεῖτο
Od. 5.75
,
etc.,
θηεῦντο
Il. 7.444
,
al.,
ἐθηεύμεσθα
Od. 9.218
,
ἐθεῆτο
Hp. Nat.Puer. 13
,
θηέσκετο
Poet.
ap.
Parth. 21.2
:
fut.
θεάσομαι
[ᾱ
],
Ion.
-ήσομαι
:
aor.
ἐθεᾱσάμην
,
Ep.
opt.
θηήσαιο,
θηήσαιτο
,
Od. 17.315
,
5.74
; 3
pl.
ἐθηήσαντο
Euph. 51.15
;
Ion.
inf.
θεήσασθαι
(v.l.
θεάσ-)
Hdt. 1.8
:
Att.
pf.
τεθέαμαι
X. Cyr. 7.5.7
:
codd.
of
Hdt.
vary
betw.
θεη-
and
θηη-
:
a
rare
Ion.
contr.
of
θηη-
to
θη-
is
found
in
θησαίατʼ
Od. 18.191
,
θησάμενος
IG
12.826:—
A.
gaze
at,
behold
,
mostly
with
a
sense
of
wonder
,
θηεῦντο
μέγα
ἔργον
Il. 7.444
,
cf.
Od. 2.13
;
λαοὶ
δʼ
αὖ
θηεῦντό
τε
θάμβησάν
τε
Il. 23.728
,
cf.
Hdt. 1.8
,
11
,
etc.;
θ.
τὰ
καλά
Democr. 194
;
πάντες
ὥσπερ
ἄγαλμα
ἐθεῶντο
αὐτόν
Pl. Chrm. 154c
;
θ.
ὄμμασι
E. Ion 232
(lyr.);
ζητεῖ
τὸ
κακὸν
τεθεᾶσθαι
Ar. Th. 797
codd.;
ἐθεᾶτο
.
.
τὴν
θέσιν
τῆς
πόλεως
.
.
,
ὡς
ἔχοι
reconnoitred
it,
Th. 5.7
;
θ.
κύκλῳ
τὴν
πόλιν
X. Cyr. 4.5.7
:
abs.,
θεᾷ
;
do
you
see?
Men. Epit. 564
.
2.
of
the
mind,
contemplate
,
τὸ
ἀληθές
Pl. Phd. 84b
,
al.
b.
see
clearly
,
ἵνʼ
ἴδητε
καὶ
θεάσησθε
ὅτι
.
.
D. 4.3
,
cf.
Pl. Prt. 352a
;
with
relat.
clause,
ὅση
δεινότης
ἦν
ἐν
τῷ
Φιλίππῳ
θεάσεσθε
D. 18.144
.
3.
view
as
spectators
,
esp.
in
the
theatre,
Isoc. 4.44
;
οἱ
θεώμενοι
the
spectators
,
Ar. Ra. 2
,
cf.
Nu. 518
,
al.
(but
also,
onlookers,
bystanders
,
Antipho 3.3.7
):
metaph.,
θ.
τὸν
πόλεμον
to
be
spectators
of
the
war,
Hdt. 8.116
.
4.
θ.
τὸ
στράτευμα
to
review
it,
X. Cyr. 5.5.1
.
II.
Act.
θεάω
,
late,
Baillet
Tombeaux
des
rois
à
Thèbes
1080
:
elsewh.
in
imper.
θέα
Them. Or. 3.44b
,
Jul. Ep. 89b
,
Hsch.
:
aor.
ἐθεάθην
in
pass.
sense,
Ps.
-Callisth.
2.42
,
Ev.Marc. 16.11
,
Ap.Ty. Ep. 49
,
Just. Nov. 133.3.1
:
pres.
θεῶνται
Philostr. Her. 2.9
.
(Orig.
prob.
θᾱϝ
έομαι
and
θᾱϝάομαι
,
cf.
θαῦ-μα
.)
θεός
θεός
,
ὁ
,
Boeot.
θιός
,
Lacon.
σιός
(v.
infr.),
Cypr.
,
Cret.
θιός
Inscr.Cypr.
135.27
H.,
Leg.Gort.
1.1,
Dor.
also
θεύς
Call. Cer. 58
;
acc.
θεῦν
v.l.
ib.
130
;
voc.
(only
late)
θεός
,
also
θεέ
LXXDe. 3.24
,
Ev.Matt. 27.46
,
PMag.Lond.
121.529,
etc.;
but
classical
in
compd.
names,
Ἀμφίθεε,
Τιμόθεε
:—
A.
God,
the
Deity
,
in
general
sense,
both
sg.
and
pl.
(
εἰ
καὶ
ἐπὶ
θεοὺς
καὶ
ἔτι
μᾶλλον
ἐπὶ
θεὸν
ἁρμόζει
μεταφέρειν
Plot. 6.8.1
),
θ.
δὲ
τὸ
μὲν
δώσει
τὸ
δʼ
ἐάσει
God
will
grant
. . ,
Od. 14.444
;
οὐδέ
κεν
ἄλλως
οὐδὲ
θ.
τεύξειε
8.177
,
cf.
3.231
,
Il. 13.730
(also
θεὸς
Ζεύς
Od. 4.236
,
14.327
);
θ.
καὶ
ἀγαθὴ
τύχη
Pl. Lg. 757e
,
cf.
Timocl. 3
D.
;
σὺν
θεῷ
Il. 9.49
,
S. Aj. 765
,
etc.
(less
freq.
ξὺν
τῷ
θ
.
ib.
383
);
σὺν
θ.
εἰρημένον
Hdt. 1.86
,
cf.
3.153
;
σὺν
θ.
εἰπεῖν
Pl. Prt. 317b
:
so
in
pl.,
σύν
γε
θεοῖσιν
Il. 24.430
;
οὔ
τοι
ἄνευ
θεοῦ
Od. 2.372
;
οὐ
θεῶν
ἄτερ
pi.
P.
5.76;
ἐκ
θεόφι
Il. 17.101
;
ὑπὲρ
θεόν
against
his
will
,
17.327
;
ἂν
θ.
θέλῃ
Alex. 231
;
θ.
θέλοντος
Men. Mon. 671
:
in
pl.,
ἂν
θεοὶ
θέλωσιν
Alex. 247
;
θεῶν
συνεθελόντων,
βουλομένων
,
X. Eq.Mag. 9.8
,
Luc. Macr. 29
;
εἰ
ὀρθῶς
ἢ
μή,
θ.
οἶδε
Pl. Phdr. 266b
,
cf.
R. 517b
,
etc.;
in
oaths,
θ.
ἴστω
S. OC 522
(lyr.),
etc.;
πρὸς
θεῶν
Hdt. 5.49
,
D. 1.15
,
etc.:
τοὺς
θεούς
σοι
bless
you!
good
heavens!
for
heavenʼs
sake!
M.Ant. 7.17
,
Arr. Epict. 2.19.15
,
al.;
τὸν
θ.
σοι
ib.
3.7.19
,
al.:
qualified
by
τις
,
Od. 9.142
,
etc.;
οὐκ
ἄνευ
θεῶν
τινος
A. Pers. 164
(troch.),
E. Ba. 764
;
κατὰ
θεόν
τινα
Id. IA 411
,
Pl. Euthd. 272e
;
κατὰ
θεόν
πως
εἰρημένα
Id. Lg. 682a
:
doubled
in
poets,
θεὸν
θεόν
τις
ἀγλαϊζέτω
B. 3.21
,
cf.
Diagor. 1
;
θεοὶ
θεοὶ
τῶν
ἀδίκων
μέλουσι
E. HF 772
,
cf.
Paus.Gr.
Fr.
203;
θεοί
(Cret.
θιοί
)
as
an
opening
formula
in
Inscrr.
(sc.
τύχην
ἀγαθὴν
διδοῖεν
),
Leg.Gort.
1.1,
IG
12.52,
etc.:
sg.,
θ.
τύχη
ib.5(2).1,
etc.:
in
Prose
also
with
the
Art.,
ὁ
θ.
πάντων
ἂν
εἴη
αἴτιος
Pl. R. 379c
,
cf.
Lg. 716c
,
etc.;
τὰ
πρὸς
τοὺς
θ.,
τὰ
παρὰ
τῶν
θ.
,
X. Mem. 1.3.1
,
2.6.8
.
b.
θεοί
,
opp.
ἄνδρες,
πατὴρ
ἀνδρῶν
τε
θεῶν
τε
Il. 1.544
;
ὃν
Ξάνθον
καλέουσι
θ.,
ἄνδρες
δὲ
Σκάμανδρον
20.74
:
in
Comparisons,
θεοῖσιν
ἶσʼ
ἔθελε
φρονέειν
5.440
;
θεοῖς
ἐναλίγκια
μήδεα
Od. 13.89
;
also
in
sg.,
θεῷ
ἐναλίγκιος
αὐδήν
Il. 19.250
;
θεὸς
ὥς
5.78
;
ὥς
τε
θεός
3.381
:
prov.,
θεὸς
πρὸς
ἀνθρώπους
,
of
an
‘angelʼs
visit’,
Herod. 1.9
.
c.
of
special
divinities,
νέρτεροι
θ
.
A. Pers. 622
,
S. Ant. 602
(lyr.);
ἐνέρτεροι
θ
.
Il. 15.225
;
οἱ
κάτωθεν
θ
.
S. Ant. 1070
;
θ.
οὐράνιοι
h.Cer. 55
,
A. Ag. 90
(anap.);
οἱ
δώδεκα
θ
.
Ar. Eq. 235
,
X. Eq.Mag. 3.2
,
IG
22.30,
etc.;
μὰ
τοὺς
δώδεκα
θ
.
Men. Sam. 91
;
in
dual,
τὼ
σιώ
(
Lacon.
),
of
Castor
and
Pollux,
ναὶ
τὼ
σ
.
X. An. 6.6.34
,
HG 4.4.10
,
Ar. Lys. 81
:
so
in
Boeot.
,
of
Amphion
and
Zethus,
νεὶ
τὼ
σιώ
(leg.
θιώ
)
Id. Ach. 905
.
d.
ὁ
θ.
,
of
natural
phenomena,
ὁ
θ.
ὕει
(sc.
Ζεύς
)
Hdt. 2.13
;
ὁ
θ.
ἐνέσκηψε
βέλος
Id. 4.79
;
ἔσεισεν
ὁ
θ
.
(sc.
Ποσειδῶν
)
X. HG 4.7.4
;
of
the
sun,
Hdt. 2.24
,
A. Pers. 502
,
E. Alc. 722
;
δύνοντος
τοῦ
θ
.
App. BC 4.79
;
the
weather
,
τί
δοκεῖ
τὰ
τοῦ
θεοῦ
;
Thphr. Char. 25.2
.
e.
Astrol.,
θεοί
,=
ἀστέρες
,
Jul.
Laod.
in
Cat.Cod.Astr.
8(4).252.
f.
θεός
(sc.
Ἥλιος
),
name
of
the
9th
τόπος
,
Rhetor.ib.163,
etc.
2.
metaph.,
of
abstract
things,
τὸ
δʼ
εὐτυχεῖν
τόδʼ
ἐν
βροτοῖς
θεός
τε
καὶ
θεοῦ
πλέον
A. Ch. 60
;
ἡ
φρόνησις
ἁγαθὴ
θ.
μέγας
S. Fr. 922
;
θ.
γὰρ
καὶ
τὸ
γιγνώσκειν
φίλους
E.
Hel.
560
;
ὁ
πλοῦτος
τοῖς
σοφοῖς
θ
.
Id. Cyc. 316
;
φθόνος
κάκιστος
θ
.
Hippothoon 2
.
3.
as
title
of
rulers,
θεῶν
ἀδελφῶν
(sc.
Ptolemy
Il
and
Arsinoe),
Herod. 1.30
,
etc.;
Πτολεμαῖος
ὑπάρχων
θεὸς
ἐκ
θεοῦ
καὶ
θεᾶς
OGI
90.10
(Rosetta,
ii
B.C.
);
Ἀντίοχος
ὅτῳ
θεὸς
ἐπώνυμον
γίγνεται
App. Syr. 65
;
θεὸς
ἐκ
θεοῦ
,
of
Augustus,
OGI
655.2
(Egypt,
24
B.C.);
θ.
ἡμῶν
καὶ
δεσπότης
IPE
4.71
(Cherson.,
ii
A.D.
).
b.
=
Lat.
Divus,
Mon.Anc.Gr.
10.4,
Str. 4.1.1
,
etc.;
οἱ
ἐν
θεοῖς
αὐτοκράτορες
,=
divi
Imperatores,
IG
12(1).786 (
Rhodes
).
c.
generally
of
the
dead,
καὶ
ζῶντός
σου
καὶ
εἰς
θεοὺς
ἀπελθόντος
PPetr. 2p.45
(iii
B.C.)
;
θεοῖς
χθονίοις
,=
Lat.
Dis
Manibus,
IG
14.30,al.
4.
one
set
in
authority,
judge
,
τὸ
κριτήριον
τοῦ
θ.,
ἐνώπιον
τοῦ
θ.
,
LXXEx. 21.6
,
22.8
;
θεοὺς
οὐ
κακολογήσεις
ib.
22.28(27)
.
II.
θεός
fem.,
goddess
,
μήτε
θήλεια
θεός,
μήτε
τις
ἄρσην
Il. 8.7
,
cf.
Hdt. 2.35
,
al.;
τοῖς
θεοῖς
εὔχομαι
πᾶσι
καὶ
πάσαις
D. 18.1
,
cf.
141,
Orac.ib.
21.52
;
esp.
at
Athens,
of
Athena,
Decr.
ap.
And. 1.77
,
Pl. Ti. 21a
,
etc.;
ἁ
Διὸς
θεός,
Ζηνὸς
ἡ
θ.
,
S. Aj. 401
(lyr.),
952
(
ἡ
Διὸς
θεά
ib.
450
);
of
other
goddesses,
ποντία
θεός
Pi. I. 8(7).36
;
ἡ
νερτέρα
θ.
,=
Περσεφόνη
,
S. OC 1548
,
etc.;
of
Thetis,
Pl. Ap. 28c
;
of
Niobe,
S. El. 150
(lyr.),
Ant. 834
(anap.):
in
dual,
of
Demeter
and
Persephone,
τὰ
τοῖν
θεοῖν
ψηφίσματα
Ar. V. 378
(lyr.);
οὐδʼ
ἔδεισε
τὼ
θεώ
And. 1.125
;
freq.
in
oaths,
νὴ
τὼ
θεώ
Ar. Lys. 112
;
μὰ
τὼ
θεώ
Id. Ec. 155
,
532
.
III.
as
Adj.
in
Comp.
θεώτερος
,
divine
,
θύραι
θ.
,
opp.
καταιβαταὶ
ἀνθρώποισιν
,
Od. 13.111
;
χορὸς
θ
.
Call. Ap. 93
,
cf.
Dian. 249
,
D.P. 257
.
(Derived
by
Hdt. 2.52
fr.
τίθημι
(
κόσμῳ
θέντες
τὰ
πρήγματα
),
by
Pl. Cra. 397d
fr.
θεῖν
.
Etym.
dub.)
[In
Ep.
(twice
in
Hom.
)
and
Trag.
(
E. Ba. 47
,
1347
,
al.,
not
in
Com.),
as
monosyll.
by
synizesis,
θεοί
Il. 1.18
,
Thgn. 142
;
θεῶν
h.Cer. 55
,
259
;
θεοῖς
Thgn. 171
;
θεοῖσιν
Od. 14.251
;
θεούς
h.Cer. 325
:
even
in
nom.
θεός
before
a
vowel,
E. Or. 399
(cf.
Pors.
ad
loc.),
HF 347
;
in
Pi. P. 1.56
apptly.
a
short
monosyll.]