, Ev.Matt. 27.46 , PMag.Lond. 121.529 , etc.; but classical in compd. names,Ἀμφίθεε, Τιμόθεε:—God, the Deity, in general sense, both sg. and pl. ( εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ θεὸν ἁρμόζει μεταφέρειν
, 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. τύχηib. 5(2).1 , etc.: in Prose also with the Art., ὁ θ. πάντων ἂν εἴη αἴτιος
, 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 θεάib. 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.); οὐδ' ἔδεισε τὼ θεώ
And. 1.125
; freq. in oaths, νὴ τὼ θεώ
Ar. Lys. 112
; μὰ τὼ θεώ
Id. Ec. 155
, 532 .
III. asAdj.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.θεόςbefore a vowel, E. Or. 399 (cf. Pors. ad loc.), HF 347 ; in Pi. P. 1.56 apptly. a short monosyll.]
