θεῖος

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θεῖον

Transliteration (Word)

theion

Transliteration (Etymon)

theios

Author

Plutarch

Century

1-2 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Quaestiones convivales 6665c

Ed.

G.N. Bernardakis, Plutarch. Moralia. Leipzig, Teubner, 1889 (2)

Quotation

ὅθεν οἶμαι καὶ τὸ θεῖον ὠνομάσθαι τῇ ὁμοιότητι τῆς ὀσμῆς, ἣν τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς ἀφίησιν ἐκτριβομένην πυρώδη καὶ δριμεῖανhttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0311%3Astephpage%3D665c