theos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”, noun).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.os/, [ˈt̪ʰeɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/, [ˈt̪ɛːos]
Noun
theos m
- (religion) god or deity
- 1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], →OCLC, page [unpaged]:
- […] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt.
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- 1576, Johann Altenstaig, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, →OCLC, page 210 [facing page]:
- 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.
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theos.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- the- (combining form)
- theo- (combining form)
Middle English
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