θεοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “like”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /θe.o.iˈðis/ → /θe.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

θεοειδής • (theoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θεοειδές); third declension

1. godlike

   Synonym: θεοείκελος (theoeíkelos)

Declension

Third declension of θεοειδής; θεοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • god-like idem, page 365.