theos

See also: Theos and þeos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”, noun).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.os/, [ˈt̪ʰeɔs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.os/, [ˈt̪ɛːos]

Noun

theos m

1. (religion) god or deity
   • 1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], →OCLC, page [unpaged]:

     […] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt.

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   • 1576, Johann Altenstaig, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, →OCLC, page 210 [facing page]:

     Multiuoca dicuntur illa (vt inquit Hugo) quæ sub multiplicatione vocum important vnam & eandem rem om nino, vt Theos Deus, omnia talia sunt synonyma in diuinis.

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   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theos.

Synonyms

• deus

Derived terms

• the- (combining form)
• theo- (combining form)

References

• "Theos", in Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium copiosissimus, Parisii, 1517, unpaged. →OCLC.
• "Theos", in Bartolomeo Castelli, Lexicon medicum graeco-latinum, Norimberga, 1682, p. 1132. →OCLC.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

theos

1. Alternative spelling of þeos (“these”)

Pronoun

theos

1. Alternative spelling of þeos (“these”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

theos

1. Alternative spelling of þeos (“this”)

Pronoun

theos

1. Alternative spelling of þeos (“this”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

theos

1. Alternative spelling of þeos (“the, that, this”)