θεῖος
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
θεῖον
Transliteration (Word)
theion
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
theios
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