θέω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
θεόν
Transliteration (Word)
theos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
theō
Century
5/4 BC
Source
John Philoponus
Ref.
Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 645.10-11
Ed.
H. Rabe, Ioannes Philoponus. De aeternitate mundi contra Proclum, Leipzig: Teubner, 1899 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1963)
Quotation
ἔθει δὲ ποιητικῷ καὶ κοινῷ τότε χρώμενος ἢ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ θεῖν παρετυμολογῶν, ὡς αὐτὸς εἴρηκεν, θεὸν ὀνομάζει