θεο-
Greek
Alternative forms
- θεό- (theó-)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
θεο- • (theo-)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words connected God or religion; theo-:
- θεο- (theo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, word”) → θεολογία (theología, “theology”)
- θεο- (theo-) + σέβομαι (sévomai, “to respect”) → θεοσεβής (theosevís, “devout”)
- θεο- (theo-) + γνώση (gnósi, “knowledge”) → θεογνωσία (theognosía, “knowledge of God”)
- θεο- (theo-) + κράτος (krátos, “state”) → θεοκρατία (theokratía, “theocracy”)
- θεο- (theo-) + μισώ (misó, “hate, despise”) → θεομίσητος (theomísitos, “godforsaken, hated by God”)
- θεο- (theo-) + φαίνομαι (faínomai, “appear”) → Θεοφάνια (Theofánia, “the Epiphany of Jesus”)
- (figuratively, colloquial) added before a noun or adjective or verb to create words that indicate the quality is present to a high degree (with adjectives) or that it is very large (with nouns):
- θεο- (theo-) + βαρέλι (varéli, “barrel”) → θεοβάρελο (theovárelo, “large barrel”)
- θεο- (theo-) + κουφός (koufós, “deaf”) → θεόκουφος (theókoufos, “extremely deaf, profoundly deaf”)
- θεο- (theo-) + τρελός (trelós, “crazy, mad”) → θεότρελος (theótrelos, “extremely mad, as mad as a hatter”)
- θεο- (theo-) + φτωχός (ftochós, “poor”) → θεόφτωχος (theóftochos, “extremely poor”)