Noun: theos
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Nominative
| Singular | theos |
| Plural | theī; theoe |
Genitive
| Singular | theī |
| Plural | theōrum |
Accusative
| Singular | theon |
| Plural | theōs |
Vocative
| Singular | thee |
| Plural | theī; theoe |
Sample Sentences
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[…] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt. [1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], →OCLC, page [unpaged]:]
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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. [1576, Johann Altenstaig, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, →OCLC, page 210 [facing page]:]
Nouns inflected like theos
melilōtos,
sophos,
ophicardēlos,
diametros,
leontios,
scēptos,
dipsacos,
hoplomachos,
leptoptilos,
crēthmos,
merismos,
dialectos,
zōophthalmos,
cynosbatos,
sacatos,
telirrhizos,
scirros,
scincos,
isthmos,
diadochos, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, deity, divinity”, noun). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
θεός'.
Translations