Ancient Greek dictionary · noun
θεός
a deity; a god
Transliteration: theos
Dictionary forms: θεός, θεόφῐν
Inflection: second declension
Meaning and definitions
- a deity; a god
- an immortal being
- divine or godly
- title of a ruler
- a goddess
Connected roots
- the-
god
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- theology
the study of the nature of God and religious belief
- atheist
a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods
- eleventh
The ordinal form of the number eleven.
- theocracy
Government under the control of a state religion.
- theism
Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
- theocratic
Pertaining to theocracy.
- apotheosis
The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
- theosophy
a philosophy holding that knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual insight
Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| θεός | nom. sg. |
| θεοί | nom. pl. |
| θεοῦ | gen. sg. |
| θεῶν | gen. pl. |
| θεῷ | dat. sg. |
| θεοῖς | dat. pl. |
| θεόν | acc. sg. |
| θεούς | acc. pl. |
| θεός | voc. sg. |
| θεοί | voc. pl. |
| θεοῖο | gen. sg. |
| θεόο | gen. sg. |
| θεόφῐ | gen. sg. |
| θεόφῐν | gen. sg. |
| θεόφῐ | gen. pl. |
| θεόφῐν | gen. pl. |
| θεόφῐ | dat. sg. |
| θεόφῐν | dat. sg. |
| θεοῖσῐ | dat. pl. |
| θεοῖσῐν | dat. pl. |
| θεόφῐ | dat. pl. |
| θεόφῐν | dat. pl. |
| θεέ | voc. sg. |
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