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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `noose, slip-knot' (Od.).

Other forms: βρυγχός βρόχος H.

Derivatives: βροχίς `id.' (AP)

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: One connects μόροττον ἐκ φλοιοῦ πλέγμα τι, ᾦ ἔτυπτον ἀλλήλους τοῖς Δημητρίοις H., but it is uncertain whether the noose was made of bark (on the word Fur. 341). One has compared Slavic words, e. g. OCS mrěža `net, noose', Serb. mrȅža `Netz' (\< PIE *merǝghi̯ā?), further Latv. mer̂ga, mar̂ga `balustrade(?)', Lith. márška `net' (* morǝgh-skā?); see Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. 2, 119. - If the gloss on βρυγχός, which has not been earlier observed, is reliable, the prenasalization shows Pre-Greek. - Not to βρέχω, nor to μέρμις.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `longicorn beetle, `Hornschröter' (Nic. Fr. 39, H.; on the meaning Goossens L'Ant. Class. 17, 263ff.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Cf. σήραμβος, κόλυμβος, κόρυμβος a. o. (Chantraine Formation 261), and βόμβυξ, ὄρτυξ etc. (ib. 383 and 397). Another formation is κεράμβηλον, glossed by H. a. o. with κάνθαρος; cf. πέτηλος, κίβδηλος a. o. - The form cannot be derived from κέρας `horn'. If they have prenasalization, as seems probable, it is a Pre-Greek word. We know that - ηλ(ο)- is a Pre-Greek suffix. Also the suffix - υκ- is Pre-Greek. Fur. (passim) compares κᾱ́ραβος, καρά(μ)βιος and καραβίδες, as well as *σκαραβαῖος, all beetles; the form κερα- may have been adapted to κέρας. It is surprising that th etymology with κέρας is so long retained and that the Pre-Greek character has not been observed.

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λέσχη Bremmer WAAR?

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `room, builing as meeting place' (σ 329, Hes.); `grave' (Rhodos); see H. Bolkestein MAWNied. 84B: 3 (1937) 18ff.

Compounds: ἔλ-λεσχος `commonly talked off' (Hdt. 1, 153; from ἐν λέσχῃ), πρό-λεσχος `eager to talk' (A. Supp. 200; cf. πρό-χειρος a.o.; ἀδο-λέσχης (s.s.v.).

Derivatives: λεσχήν, - ῆνος m. `chatterer' (Timo 46); λεσχην-εῖ ὁμιλεῖ, μυθολογεῖ H. - λεσχαῖος ἐξηγητής, ὁμιλητής H.; λεσχάραι οἷον αἱ σχολαί... (EM561, 17). See Solmsen Wortforsch. 124 f. - Two month names of unclear formation: Λεσχανάσιος (Tegea), Λεσχανόριος (Thessal., Gortyn); also Άπόλλων Λεσχηνόριος (from the λέσχαι which were under his protection?).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Mostly connected with λέχος, from *λέχσκᾱ. As Greek has no nomin. suffix - sk-, and as a k-suffix from the zero grade *λεχσ- is also improbable, one assumes a σκ-present *λέχ-σκ-εται (\> *λέσχεται); but there is no trace of this verb. The same formation was assumed for OHG. lëscan ' löschen' (as `lie down'); also for Celtic, e. g. OIr. lesc `lazy', where it is quite uncertain. - As the room was not for lying down, this etymology (supposing *λεσχεται really existed) is improbable. - Long ago the agreement with Hebr. liškāh was observed. This cannot be ignored. It was assumed that Greek had the word from the Near East (West, East Face 38; not the other way round, ib.), but as the word is isolated in NWSemitic, Schrader (FS Jahrh.feier Univ. Breslau, 1911, 469) already assumed that both languages had it from Anatolia, which seems the most probable interpretation. Thus Fur. 295, 257, who points out that the suffix of λεσχάραι is non-Greek; he also points to the Hebr. variant niškāh, which may point to Anat. l\/n, as in Fur. 388. Thus now Bremmer, WAAR?

See also: weitere Lit. s. λέχεται.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `mous, rat' (IA. etc.), metaph. of sea-animals `mussel, kind of whale etc.' (A. Fr. 34 [= 59 Mette]; details in Thompson Fishes s.v., on the motive for the name Strömberg Fischnamen 109 f.); `muscle' (Hp., Arist.; cf. below).

Other forms: μῦν (analog., s.bel.)

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μυ-γαλῆ (- έη) f. `shrew-mouse' (Hdt., com., Arist.), μυο-θήρας m. `mouse-catching snake' (Arist., Sch.) from where NGr. μεθήρα f. `snake' (Georgacas Μνήμης χάριν 1, 120ff.), ἄ-μυος `without muscle' (Hp.), also μυσ-κέλενδρα n. pl. `mouse-dung' (Dsc., Moer., Poll., H.); for the 2. member cf. Lat. mūs-cerda `id.', but in detail unclear (Schwyzer 533, Schulze Kl. Schr. 394, Specht Ursprung 172).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: μυΐδιον (Arr., M. Ant.), also μύδιον `small boat' (D. S.), `small forceps' (medic.); μυΐσκη, - ος `small sea-mussel' (hell.). -- 2. μύαξ, - ᾰκος -n. `sea-mussel' (Dsc., medic.) with μυάκιον (Aët.). -- 3. μυών, - ῶνος m. `muscleballs, -knot' (P 315 a. 324, A. R., Theoc.; Schwyzer 488, Chantraine Form. 162). -- 4. μυωνία (rather - ιά) f. prop. `mouse-hole', `vulva' as term of abuse for a lewd wife (Epicr. 9, 4), directly from μῦς like ἰ-ωνιά from ἴον (s.v.) a.o.; more in Scheller Oxytonierung 45 f., 70 f. -- 5. Adj. μυώδης `muscular' D. S., Plu.), also `mouse-like' (Plu.); μύειος `belonging to the mouse' (An. Ox.), μύϊνος `with the colour of a mouse' (EM, Phot.). -- 6. μυω-τός adjunct of χιτών ('mouse-coloured', `of mouse-skin'?; Poll.); name of a arrow-point (Paul. Aeg.), also `with muscles' (Clearch.), with μυόομαι, - όω `be, become muscular; make' (medic.). -- On μυελός s. v. On several plant names s. Amigues, RPh. LXXIV, 2000, 273f.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [752] * muHs `mouse'

Etymology: Old IE name of the mouse, in several languages retained: Lat. mūs, mūr-is, Germ., e.g. OHG mūs, Skt. mū́ṣ- etc.; Gr. acc. μῦ-ν is therefore secondary for *μῦ(σ)α (to μῡ(σ)-ός etc.) after ὗν (: ὗς, ὑ-ός) a.o. On the accent in μῦς Berger Münch. Stud. 3, 7. The vowellength was caused by a laryngeal (wrong Schwyzer 350), for which there are two indications; the accent of SCr. mȉš ; Toch. B maścitse `mous', with mas- \< * mwa- \<* muHs-. An old form with short vowel is - wrongly - supposed in Skt. muṣ-ká- m. `testis', cf. 2. μόσχος. -- The metaph. meaning `muscle' (after the mouse-like movement of certain muscles under the skin) can be observed more often, except in Greek and Germ. (OHG a. OE, where esp. `muscle of the upper arm') also in Lat. mūs-culus `small mouse, Muskel', Arm. mu-kn `mouse, muscle'. -- Quite hypothetic is the derivation from the verb, only in Skt., for `steal' muṣ- (pres. mus-ṇā-ti, móṣati), thus a.o. Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 36.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `mous, rat' (IA. etc.), metaph. of sea-animals `mussel, kind of whale etc.' (A. Fr. 34 [= 59 Mette]; details in Thompson Fishes s.v., on the motive for the name Strömberg Fischnamen 109 f.); `muscle' (Hp., Arist.; cf. below).

Other forms: μῦν (analog., s.bel.)

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μυ-γαλῆ (- έη) f. `shrew-mouse' (Hdt., com., Arist.), μυο-θήρας m. `mouse-catching snake' (Arist., Sch.) from where NGr. μεθήρα f. `snake' (Georgacas Μνήμης χάριν 1, 120ff.), ἄ-μυος `without muscle' (Hp.), also μυσ-κέλενδρα n. pl. `mouse-dung' (Dsc., Moer., Poll., H.); for the 2. member cf. Lat. mūs-cerda `id.', but in detail unclear (Schwyzer 533, Schulze Kl. Schr. 394, Specht Ursprung 172).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: μυΐδιον (Arr., M. Ant.), also μύδιον `small boat' (D. S.), `small forceps' (medic.); μυΐσκη, - ος `small sea-mussel' (hell.). -- 2. μύαξ, - ᾰκος -n. `sea-mussel' (Dsc., medic.) with μυάκιον (Aët.). -- 3. μυών, - ῶνος m. `muscleballs, -knot' (P 315 a. 324, A. R., Theoc.; Schwyzer 488, Chantraine Form. 162). -- 4. μυωνία (rather - ιά) f. prop. `mouse-hole', `vulva' as term of abuse for a lewd wife (Epicr. 9, 4), directly from μῦς like ἰ-ωνιά from ἴον (s.v.) a.o.; more in Scheller Oxytonierung 45 f., 70 f. -- 5. Adj. μυώδης `muscular' D. S., Plu.), also `mouse-like' (Plu.); μύειος `belonging to the mouse' (An. Ox.), μύϊνος `with the colour of a mouse' (EM, Phot.). -- 6. μυω-τός adjunct of χιτών ('mouse-coloured', `of mouse-skin'?; Poll.); name of a arrow-point (Paul. Aeg.), also `with muscles' (Clearch.), with μυόομαι, - όω `be, become muscular; make' (medic.). -- On μυελός s. v. On several plant names s. Amigues, RPh. LXXIV, 2000, 273f.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [752] * muHs `mouse'

Etymology: Old IE name of the mouse, in several languages retained: Lat. mūs, mūr-is, Germ., e.g. OHG mūs, Skt. mū́ṣ- etc.; Gr. acc. μῦ-ν is therefore secondary for *μῦ(σ)α (to μῡ(σ)-ός etc.) after ὗν (: ὗς, ὑ-ός) a.o. On the accent in μῦς Berger Münch. Stud. 3, 7. The vowellength was caused by a laryngeal (wrong Schwyzer 350), for which there are two indications; the accent of SCr. mȉš ; Toch. B maścitse `mous', with mas- \< * mwa- \<* muHs-. An old form with short vowel is - wrongly - supposed in Skt. muṣ-ká- m. `testis', cf. 2. μόσχος. -- The metaph. meaning `muscle' (after the mouse-like movement of certain muscles under the skin) can be observed more often, except in Greek and Germ. (OHG a. OE, where esp. `muscle of the upper arm') also in Lat. mūs-culus `small mouse, Muskel', Arm. mu-kn `mouse, muscle'. -- Quite hypothetic is the derivation from the verb, only in Skt., for `steal' muṣ- (pres. mus-ṇā-ti, móṣati), thus a.o. Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 36.

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Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: meaning uncertain ('sounding, trilling, quick, flink, yellow'?), of the wings of the Dioscuri (h. Hom. 33, 13), of an eagle (B.), a cicada (AP); of the nightingale and their γένυς (A., E., Ar., Theoc.), of the swallow a. other singing birds (Babr.), of bees (S. Fr. 398, 5, E.); also of the winds (Chaerem. Trag.), of ἀλκυόνες (AP), of the ἱππαλεκτρυών (A., Ar.); further of μέλι, αἷμα, λύκος (Emp., Opp.) with ξανθός as v. l., prob. referring to the colour (cf. H. ξουθά οὐ μόνον ξανθά, ἀλλὰ καὶ λευκὰ καὶ πυρρά);.

Dialectal forms: Μyχ. kosouto as ΠN (Gallavotti Par. del Pass. 12, 6f.).

Compounds: As 1. member in ξουθό-πτερος ( μέλισσα; E., Lyr. Alex. Adesp.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: See v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. v. 488, Méridier Rev. de phil. N. S. 36, 264ff., Leumann Hom. Wörter 215. Unexplained. An analysis in ξ-ου-θός with connection with the German. word for `grey(brown)', e.g. OE hasu (IE *ḱasu̯o-), to which also Lat. cānus (s. ξανθός), makes resticted claims. -- The general similarity with ξανθός has long ago been observed (e.g. Curtius 522). Acc. to Haas Ling. Posn. 3, 77 f. protoieur. (like ξαίνω, ξέω, ξύω etc.). Cf. Taillardat, Images d' Arostophne $ 266; Duerbeck, MSS 24(1968)9-32.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `bird of prey, which is observed by the soothsayer' (Il.), `prognosticating bird, omen' (Il., also in prose).

Other forms: ὀϊωνός Trypho; also Alcm. 60 B 6?).

Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in οἰωνο-πόλος m. `interpreter of birds' (Il., Pi., A. in lyr.; D. H. = augur).

Derivatives: οἰωνίζομαι, rarely w. prefix as μετ-, ἐξ-, `to observe the prognosticating bird or the auspices, to deem an omen, to tell fortunes' (X, D., hell.) with οἰων-ιστής m. `bird-interpreter, augur' (Il., Hes. Sc., D. H.), - ιστικός `belonging to the bird- interpreter or to soothsaying' (Pl., Arist.), - ισμα n. `omen' (E., LXX), - ισμός m. `id.' (LXX, Plu.), - ιστήριον n. `omen' (X. Ap. 12; prob. after τεκμήριον), `place for observing birds, augurale' (D.H.); οἰωνευτής = οἰωνιστής (pap., as if from *οἰωνεύω; cf. Kalbfleisch RhM 94, 96).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [86] *h₂eu̯is `bird'

Etymology: Explanation debated. Because of the equally built υἱωνός (: υἱύς υἱός) prob. best from a nominal basis; therefore already by Benfey (s. Curtius 391) connected with the IE word for `bird' in Lat. avis, Skt. vi-ṣ a.o. (and αἰετός), with ὀ- for a- in avis a. o. explained by Schulze Kl. Schr. 662 and J. Schmidt KZ 32, 374 as vowelassimilation. By others together with οἶμα, οἶστρος, ὀιστός (s. vv. w. lit., also οἴομαι) connected with a verb `put in vehement motion' with οἰ- either from οἰσ- (e.g. Brugmann IF 17, 487f.) or from ὀ-ισ- (Brugmann IF 29, 233f.). Further lit. in Bq; s. also Belardi Doxa 3, 215 f. and Schmeja IF 68, 35 f. (who connects ᾠόν). - One might reconstruct *h₂ou-i-ōn.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: esp. a side-door or side-opening at the back, leading from the men's hall in the λαύρη to the rooms upstairs (χ 126, 132, 333); s. Wace Journ ofHellStud. 71, 203ff. w. lit., Bérard REGr. 67, 18 ff.); also sens. obsc. (Semon. 17).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Explanation debated. One is tempted to identify the first element with ὄρρος, ὄρσος `hindmost' (Doederlein Hom. Gloss. 2. 340; thus v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. 376 n., Wackernagel Unt. 226, Lasso de la Vega Emer. 23, 114ff.). This interpretation is as regards the matter and stile without objections; cf. παλίν-ορσος, ἄψ-ορρος and Wackernagel l.c. Others explain it as "high door" connecting either Skt. r̥ṣvá- `high' or varṣ- in várṣ-man- n. `culmen' (Froehde BB 3, 19 ff., Kalén Quaest. gramm. gr. 75ff., extensice w. lit., also on εἰρεθύρη [H.] and ἔρθυρις [EM], WP. 1,138; similar Büchner RhM 83, 97 ff., not convincing; s. also Risch IF 59, 20). -- In the same sphere belongs ὀρρόση-λος ὀδός (cod. ὁδ-). Ίταλιῶται H.; after Kalén l.c. "high threshold". -- With ὀρσο- also: ὀρσο-λόπος surn. of Ares (Anacr. 70) with ὀρσολοπ-εύω (metr. for - έω) `attack, revile' (h. Merc. 308, Max. 102), - έομαι `be teased, disquieted' (A. Pers. 10); ὀρσο-λόπος therefore `attacker v.t.', prop. = ὁ λέπων τὸν ὄρρον (sc. τοῦ φυγόντος πολεμίου); s. Schwyzer Glotta 12, 21ff. (with Müller-Strübing), Lasso de la Vega a.o. Diff. Kalén l.c. ("Hochprahler"). -- ὀρσο-δάκνη f. name of an insect that eats buds (Arist.); naming motive unknown. Unclear also ὀρσοί τῶν ἀρνῶν οἱ ἔσχατοι γενόμενοι H.; the similarity with ἕρσαι (s.v.) jas long been observed (to be rejected Lasso de la Vega l.c).

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `dark(ness), murk, night' (Thgn., Pi.).

Other forms: Dor. -α.̃

Derivatives: ὀρφν-αῖος `dark, murky' (Il.), - ώδης `id.' (Hp.) and several expressions for `dark colour, dark red': ὄρφν-ινος (Pl., X.), - ιος `id.' (Arist., Plu.), - ήεις (Q. S., Man.), - ός (Nic.); unclear ὀρφν-ίτας m. (Dor.), adjunct of τάλαρος (AP), cf. Redard 114.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Etymology debated. The similarity with ἔρεβος is long since observed (Curtius 480; thus Hirt IF 12, 226); in that case we would have to posit a basis * orgʷ-s-no- (with the same suffix as in the opposita λύχνος \< * luk-s-no-); ( νέφος: ὄμβρος cannot be sompared). -- By Persson Stud. 218 f. however compared with a Germ. adj. for dark shades of colour, e.g. OHG erpf `fuscus', OE eorp, earp `darkcoloured, blackish', PGm. * erpa-; to this also with diff. ablaut names of the partridge, e.g. OHG repa-huon; with nasal many Slav. words, e.g. Russ. rjáb `motley' (OCS *rębъ), CSl. jerębь `partridge'. -- Diff. again Scheftelowitz BB 29, 17: to Arm. arǰn `darkbrown' (IE * argʷhen-, evt. * orgʷhen-). -- Unclear are Toch. B erkent-, A arkant-'black' as well as B orkamo `dark', A orkäm `darkness' (Ural. LW [loanword]?; s.v. Windekens Orbis 11, 605 w. lit.). -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. 1, 146 a. 2, 367, Pok. 334 u. 857, Vasmer s. rjabína and rjabój, also W.-Hofmann s. rōbus. Older lit. in Bq. - The comparisons are not very convincing.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `light opening, vent-hole' (S. Fr. 1093, Lyc., H.);

Other forms: also σαλάβη (H., Phot.), - βος (H.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](?)

Etymology: Prob. a Sem. LW [loanword]; cf. Syr. ṣelpā `rima portae', to ṣ<sup>ǝ</sup>laf `split, tear apart' (Prof. Lewin orally; similar Lewy Fremdw. 96). Untenable IE etymologies in Bq; untenable also Carnoy Ant. class. 24, 22. -- The formal similarity with Σαλαμβώ ἡ Άφροδίτη παρὰ Βαβυλωνίοις (H.,), Σαλαμβάς... ὅτι περιέρχεται θρηνοῦσα τὸν Ἄδωνιν (EM referring to σαλαΐζειν [s.v.]), Σαλαβακχώ (Ar.) is observed by Lewy l.c., and by Solmsen IF 30, 42 and diff. explained. -- The variation β\/μβ seems Pre-Greek (Furnée 203, 286).

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `bottle gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris' (Hp., Arist., Thphr. etc.), metaph. `bleeding cup' (Hp., com., Pl. etc.) with - υάζω `to cup' (Arr.), with - ύασις, - υασ-μός (late).

Other forms: Ion. - ύη ( σεκούα H.).

Compounds: As 1. element in σικυ-ήλατον n. `patch of gourds, cucumbers' (Hp.; - ήρατον pap.); to ἐλαύνω (resp. with ρ for λ; Schwyzer 213 w. lit.).

Derivatives: Besides σίκυος ( σικυός) m. `cucumber or melon, Cueumis (sativus)' (Hp., com., Arist. etc.), also σίκυς f. `id.' (Alc., Dsc., Gal.). -- From this: dimin. σικύ-διον n. (Phryn. Com., pap. II -- III^p); - ώδης `cucumber-like etc.' (Hp., Thphr.), - ηδόν `like a cucumber' (medic.), - ών m. `cucumber patch', - ώνη f. = σίκυος ἄγριος, also `bleeding cup' (Hdt.; like κροτώνη a. o.), - ωνία f. = κολοκύνθη (Hp., Plu.). Also Σικυών ( Σεκυ-), - ῶνος m. f. "cucumber city", city not far from Corinth (Il.) with - ώνιος, - ωνικός.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: With σίκυς cf. ῥάφυς, κάχρυς a. other plant names; σικύα as οἰσύα, ὀστρύα etc.; cf. also Heubeck Praegraeca 37. In the variation σικ- σικύα σεκ- Specht KZ 61, 277ff. wants to see (s. also Kretschmer Glotta 26, 57) two diff. products of dissimilation of orig. *σύκυς, what can be proven nor disproven because of the unknown origin of the word [but s. bel.] (in spite of Slav. tyky). The partial agreement with κύκυον τὸν σικυόν, κυκύϊζα γλυκεῖα κολόκυντα H., with Lat. cucumis `cucumber' as well as with Slav., e.g. ORuss. tyky `pumpkin', to which also Sem., e.g. Hebr. qiššu'ā `cucumber', has since long been observed, but a convincing etymology has not yet been found. In any case an old LW [loanword]; source unknown. Extensive lit. in W.-Hofmann s. cucumis and Vasmer s. týkva; further Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 652 ff. New hypothesis by Deroy Rev. int. d'onom. 12, 23f.: pregr., from ku in κυέω and strengthening se-, si- (similar with IE means Brugmann IF 39, 140 ff.). -- The variation points clearly to Pre-Greek (e.g. ι\/ε, υ\/ου), Furnée 251, 354, 257, 367.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `staff, stick', also `crutch' (Hdt. 4, 172, Cratin. [lyr.], Ar. [anap.], E. [anap.], Call., AP; Hp., Epid. IV^a);

Other forms: vv. ll. σκήπων (after σκῆπτρον ?), σκίμπων (after σκίμπτομαι?).

Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in ἀ-σκίπων `staffless' (AP).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Ion.-poet. word, built like κύφων, δόλων and other tool-names (Chantraine Form. 161f.) and except for the formation identical with Lat. scīpiō, - ōnis m. `staff (as sign of power and dignity like σκῆπτρον). The further similarity with σκηπάνιον, σκῆπτρον a. cogn. (s. σκήπτομαι) has since long been observed; on the hypothetic root or rootvariation skāp- ( skā[i]p-): skīp- see Solmsen Wortforsch 306ff. (now untenable). Further combinations with rich material and lit. in WP. 2, 545 a. 559ff., Pok. 922 a. 930ff. Acc. to usual supposition (Fick, Curtius, Solmsen etc.) here also as (denominative?) nasalpresent σκίμπτομαι (like σκήπτομαι to σκᾶπος); an other hypothesis s.v. One considers further the semant. not quite clear σκοῖπος ἡ ἐξοχη τῶν ξύλων, ἐφ' ὧν εἰσι οἱ κέραμοι H., prob. of the supporting beams, on which the tiles rest. -- A connection with σκῆπτρον etc. seems impossible (DELG refers to Benvenist Origines 167 and to Szemerényi Einf. in die vergl. Sprachwiss. 133). No idea what to think of the similarity of the Lat. form.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `garlic, Allium sativum' (Miletus VI^a, Ion., com., Thphr. a. o.).

Other forms: hell. a. late also (with dissim.; Schwyzer 259) σκόρδον; there is also σκοραδον (inscr. Cyrene), which may be secondary.

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. σκοροδ-άλμη f. `salty garlic-broth' (com.; Risch IF 59, 58), ὀφιο-σκόρ(ο)δον n. kind of wild garlic (Gal., Ps.-Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 33).

Derivatives: σκορόδ-ιον n., - ίζω `to feed or to spice with garlic' (com.), - οῦν συνουσιάζειν H.; on the meaning Specht KZ 62, 215.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: The similarity with Alb. hurdhë, second. hudhërë `garlic' (Alb. u old redued vowel) has since long been observed, s. Jokl Festschr. Kretschmer 78ff. w. important details. When we further connect sker-d- 'cut' (s. κείρω; after the split root bulba; Jokl l. c., v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 17) the ο in - ροδ- would have to be secondary. To be rejecetd WP. 2, 587 (after Fick 1, 144): to sḱer- `cacare' (as emetic). -- On other appellations of onion and garlic s. κρόμμυον and πράσον; also βολβός. It is hard to draw a conclusion; the word may well be Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `spark' (Δ 77, Ar., Arist., Plb. etc.).

Derivatives: - ηρίζω `to sparkle, to cause sparks' (Thphr., Plu.), ἀπο- σπινθήρ `id.' (Arist.) with - ισμοί H. a. Suid. (s. περίπτερα). Beside it σπινθαρίδες pl. (h. Ap.), - άρυγες pl. (A. R.), σπίνθραξ, - ᾰκος m. (Sext. Ca.) `id.' On the birdnames σπινθαρίς = Lat. spin-turnix s. Thompson Birds and W.-Hofmann s. v. -- For σπινθήρ cf. ἀστήρ, αἰθήρ; σπίνθραξ like ἄνθραξ; σπινθαρ-ίδες like ἐσχάρ-α a. o.; on σπινθάρυγ-ες cf. μαρμαρυγ-αί, also πομφόλυγ-ες.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)

Etymology: The similarity with Lith. spindžiù, spindė́ti `gleam, beam' has long been observed (Zupitza KZ 36, 61, Bechtel BB 23, 250). As a concluded sequence * spindh- cannot be IE and Lith. spind- goes back on *spn̥d(h)- as appears from Latv. spuôdrs `white, gleaming' (from PBalt. * spandras), the ι-vowel in σπινθ- would have to be an innovation (cf. Schwyzer 350f.). On the attempt by Niedermann (IF 26, 58 f.), to connect Lat. scintilla with σπινθήρ from a Mediterranean * stinth-, s. lastly Pariente Emer. 20, 394ff. (rejecting). -- Further lit. with several details in WP. 2, 664, Fraenkel s. spindė́ti, W.-Hofmann s. scintilla and splendeō. - The word seems rather to be of Pre-Greek origin.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to strip off (the armour), to take away, to rob, to plunder, to seize'(Hom., IA.).

Other forms: (El. opt. συλαίη), aor. συλῆσαι etc., also w. ἀπο- a.o. (Il.), ep. pres. also - εύω (cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 368; not from συλεύς; s.bel.), - έω (Delph., Theoc. a.o.; also Pi.? s. Forssman Unt. 157f.)

Dialectal forms: On the debated Myc. surase, surate s. Morpurgo Lex. s. vv. w. lit.

Compounds: Compound: θεο-σύλης m. = θεῶν συλήτωρ (Alc. a.o.; Peek Phil. 100, 23), ἱερό-συλος m. `temple-robber' with - έω, - ία (Att.). Compp. συλ-αγωγέω `to carry away as booty' (Ep. Col. a.o.), ἄ-συλος `one who cannot be distrained, invulnerable, safe', τὸ ἄ. `fenced territory, refuge', with ἀσυλ-ία f. `safety from distraint, invulnerability' a.o. (Parm., A., E., Pl., inscr. etc.).

Derivatives: συλ-ήτωρ m. `plunderer' (A., Nonn.), f. - ήτειρα (E. in lyr.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 22f.), - ησις f. `plunder' (S., Pl. a.o.), - ητικός `related to plunder' (hell. inscr.), - ητής (gloss.). -- Besides σῦλα n., σῦλαι f. pl., rarely - ον, -η sg., `captured shipload, booty' (Samos VI^a, Locr. V^a, Str.), Att. `right of seizure of a ship or its cargo, right of distraint' (D., Arist.). From σῦλα or συλάω (- έω, - εύω) συλεύς m. `plunderer' (GDI 2516, Delph. III^a; cf. ad loc.), also as mythical PN (Bosshardt 123). On Συλο- and - συλος in PN also Masson Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 16, 166 ff.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Against the most obvious and hard to reject assumption, that συλάω is derived from σῦλα, σῦλαι, speaks a little the later and more rare attestation of the nouns. In any case the Att. meaning `right of seizure' must be secondary and cannot be separated from ἄ-συλος. Whether ἄσυλος from συλάω (beside ἀ-σύλητος [E. a.o.] like ἄτιμος: ἀτίμητος) = `who may not be taken away or be robbed', i.e. `unviolable', to which σῦλα, - αι `right of seizure'? -- No certain etymology. The similarity between σῦλα, - άω and σκῦλα is long since observed (Curtius 169, Buttmann Lexil. 2, 264) and provoked diff. attempts at explanation: variation σκ-: ξ-: σ- (Schwyzer 329, Sánchez Ruipérez Emer. 15, 67 f.); σκῦλον secondary after σκῦτος (Pisani Sprache 5, 143 ff.). After Pisani σῦλα comes with Lat. spolia from Lydian; cf. Σάρδεις: OPers. Sparda-, also Arm. sunk: σπόγγος. On ἐσσύλλα ἀφῄρει κτλ. H. (adduced by P. with earlier investigators) one cannot trust (alphabet. wrong); ὑλᾶται ἐστερήθη, ἀπέθανεν H. (by Kretschmer KZ 31, 422 compared with it), is, if at all correctly handed down, with P. to be kept away.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: name of Zeus in Crete (inschr., H.).

Derivatives: A feast Ϝελχάνια pl. ( Βελ-, Lyttos) and the month Έλχάνιος (Knossos, Gortyn); also PN (Kypros). Ϝαλχάνιος month name Cyprus (Masson, ICS n^o 299,4).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Sittig KZ 52, 202 connected Rhaet. velχanu-; the resemblance to the Lat. god of fire Volcanus has been observed; further one compared Etr. Velcha-. Kretschmer Glotta 28, 109f., 30, 172f. tries to derive the Italian god from the Cretan one. - Nothing is known on the Pre-Greek name. Cf. W.-Hofmann s. Volcanus and Nilsson Gr. Rel. 323 n. 2; also Meid IF 66 (1961)259ff.

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δόγμα, ατος, τό (s. δογματίζω, δοκέω; X., Pla.+; loanw. in rabb.).

① a formal statement concerning rules or regulations that are to be observed

ⓐ of formalized sets of rules ordinance, decision, command (Pla., Rep. 3, 414b; Demosth. 25, 16; Plut., Mor. 742d; Da 3:10; 4:6; 6:13 Theod. al.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 5; Did., Gen. 221, 20) Hb 11:23 v.l. Of the rules or commandments of Jesus B 1:6; IMg 13:1; of the gospel D 11:3; of the apostles Ac 16:4 (cp. the Christian prayer in CSchmidt, GHeinrici Festschr. 1914, p. 71, 24). τριῶν γραμμάτων δόγματα λαμβάνειν receive instructions from three letters (of the alphabet) B 9:7; cp. 10:1, 9f. Of the Mosaic law (3 Macc 1:3; Philo, Gig. 52, Leg. All. 1, 54; 55 διατήρησις τ. ἁγίων δογμάτων; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 42) νόμος τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δ. law of commandments consisting in (single) ordinances Eph 2:15. τὸ καθʼ ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δ. the bond that stood against us, w. its requirements Col 2:14.

ⓑ of an imperial declaration (SEG IX, 8) decree (Jos., Bell. 1, 393; PFay 20, 22 a δ. of Alex. Severus) ἐξῆλθεν δ. (cp. Da 2:13 Theod.) παρὰ Καίσαρος Lk 2:1. ἀπέναντι τῶν δογμάτων Καίσαρος πράττειν act contrary to the decrees of Caesar Ac 17:7 (EJudge, The Decrees of Caesar at Thessalonica: Reformed Theological Review 30, ’71, 1–7).

② something that is taught as an established tenet or statement of belief, doctrine, dogma (Pla. et al.; Plut., Mor. 14e; 779b; 1000d; Epict. 4, 11, 8; Herodian 1, 2, 4; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 269; Jos., Bell. 2, 142; apolog.; Theoph. Ant. 3, 3 [p. 210, 4]; ἡμέτερον δόγμα [=the Gospel] Orig., C. Cels. 2, 4, 20) of philosophical position δ. ἀνθρώπινον Dg 5:3. Of false prophets δ. ποικίλα τῆς ἀπωλείας διδάσκειν teach various doctrines that lead to perdition ApcPt 1 (Diod S 1, 86, 2 of relig. teaching [about the sacred animals of the Egyptians]). τὰ τοῦ πονηροῦ … δόγματα AcPlCor 2:2.—RAC III 1257–60; IV 1–24; Ferguson, Legal Terms, 47–49; Mason 39; Sherk, lit. on senatorial decrees p. 2f.—M-M. DELG s.v. δοκάω etc. New Docs 4, 146. S. διάταγμα. TW. Sv.

θεάομαι fut. θεάσομαι TestSol D 4, 9; 1 aor. ἐθεασάμην; pf. τεθέαμαι; 1 aor. pass. (w. pass. mng) ἐθεάθην (Att. [Kühner-Bl. II 441]+)

① to have an intent look at someth., to take someth. in with one’s eyes, with implication that one is esp. impressed, see, look at, behold

ⓐ quite literally (POxy 963; Sb 1800; Jos., Ant. 3, 132; 6, 340) interchanging w. ὁρᾶν Hv 3, 8, 1. W. acc. as obj. (Hom., Il. 7, 444; Hes., Works 482; PSI 41, 19; Tob 2:2 BA; 2 Macc 2:4; En 6:2; 21:2) Mt 11:7; Lk 7:24; J 8:10 v.l.; Ac 21:27; 22:9; 1J 1:1 (τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν; cp. Philo, Mos. 1, 278 θ. αὐτοὺς ὀφθαλμοῖς); 4:12 (PvanderHorst, ZNW 63, ’72, 280–82 [wordplay]). The obj. acc. is oft. found w. a ptc. that indicates what has been observed in the pers. or thing seen (En 9:1; 23:2; Philo, Vi. Cont. 89; Jos., Vi. 28; 281; B-D-F §416, 1): Mk 16:14. ἐθεάσατο τελώνην καθήμενον Lk 5:27; 6:4 D (Unknown Sayings 49–54). Cp. J 1:38; Ac 1:11. W. ὅτι foll. J 6:5. W. acc. and ὅτι: θεάσασθε τ. χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν see that the fields are white 4:35. W. acc. and ὡς: ἐθεάσαντο τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ ὡς ἐτέθη τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ Lk 23:55. W. acc. and εἰ see/determine whether GJs 1:3 (codd. not pap). W. acc. and ὅπως in an interlocking constr. ὅταν θεάσωνται τοὺς ἀρνησαμένους ὅπως κολάζονται when they see how those who have denied are punished 2 Cl 17:7. W. relative clause foll. J 11:45 (ὁράω P^{45, 66}). θεασάμενος ἦν ὅσα ἀγαθὰ ἐποίησεν he (Joseph) had seen all the good things that he (Jesus) had done GPt 6:23.

ⓑ The passive means either

α. be seen ὑπό τινος by someone Mk 16:11, or

β. be noticed, attract attention τινί by or of someone Mt 6:1; 23:5 (s. B-D-F §191, 1; Rob. 542, s. also 534).

② to see for the purpose of visiting, come to see, visit (Appian, Samn. 7, §1 θ. τὴν Ἑλλάδα) τινά someone (2 Ch 22:6; Jos., Ant. 16, 6) Ro 15:24 (St. Paul compliments the congregation as one of the noteworthy ‘sights’ on his projected trip). Here belongs also εἰσελθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς θεάσασθαι τ. ἀνακειμένους the king went in to see his guests Mt 22:11 (the implication being that he went in to ‘look them over’).

③ to perceive someth. above and beyond what is merely seen with the eye, see, behold, perceive

ⓐ w. physical eyes, receive an impression of someth. transcendent see, behold (cp. PParis 51, 38 [160 B.C.] of a vision in the temple of Sarapis at Memphis τὸ ὅραμα τοῦτο τεθήαμαι; SIG 730, 20; 2 Macc 3:36; Tob 13:7; Jdth 15:8; En 106:13) τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστεράν J 1:32 (he sees the dove and also becomes aware that it is the Spirit); ἐθεασάμεθα τ. δόξαν αὐτοῦ 1:14 (we saw the person and work of Christ and perceived in them the divine glory; cp. Tob 13:16 BA θεασάμενοι πᾶσαν τ. δόξαν σου). Cp. 1J 4:14.

ⓑ of perception that is wholly nonsensual=see, perceive (X., Hiero 2, 5. W. ὅτι foll. Pla., Prot. p. 352a; Demosth. 4, 3; θεὸν θ. Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [s. 60, 12]) Dg 10:7. θεασάμενος ἐν ἡμῖν πολλὴν πλάνην he perceived much error in us 2 Cl 1:7.—DELG s.v. θέα. M-M. TW.

θεός, οῦ (Hom.+; Herm. Wr.; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph.) ὁ and ἡ, voc. θεέ (Pisidian ins [JHS 22, 1902, 355] θέ; PGM 4, 218 θεὲ θεῶν; 7, 529 κύριε θεὲ μέγιστε; 12, 120 κύριε θεέ; 13, 997; LXX [Thackeray 145; PKatz, Philo’s Bible ’50, 152f]; ApcMos 42; Jos., Ant. 14, 24 ὦ θεὲ βασιλεῦ τ. ὅλων; SibOr 13, 172 βασιλεῦ κόσμου θεέ) Mt 27:46, more frequently (s. 2 and 3c, h below) ὁ θεός (LXX; ParJer 6:12; ApcEsdr 7:5; ApcMos 32; B-D-F §147, 3m; JWackernagel, Über einige antike Anredeformen 1912; Mlt-H. 120). On the inclusion or omission of the art. gener. s. W-S. §19, 13d; B-D-F §254, 1; 268, 2; Rob. 758; 761; 780; 786; 795; Mlt-Turner 174; BWeiss, D. Gebr. des Artikels bei den Gottesnamen, StKr 84, 1911, 319–92; 503–38 (also published separately). The sg. article freq. suggests personal claim on a deity. ‘God, god’.

① In the Gr-Rom. world the term θεός primarily refers to a transcendent being who exercises extraordinary control in human affairs or is responsible for bestowal of unusual benefits, deity, god, goddess (s. on θεά) Ac 28:6; 2 Th 2:4 (cp. SibOr 5, 34 ἰσάζων θεῷ αὐτόν; Ar. 4, 1 οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοί; Tat. 10, 1 θεὸς … κύκνος γίνεται …; Ath. 18, 3 θεός τις δισώματος); θεὸς Ῥαιφάν Ac 7:43 (Am 5:26; s. entry Ῥαιφάν). οὐδεὶς θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς there is no god but one 1 Cor 8:4 (cp. AcPl Ha 1, 17 restored). θεοῦ φωνὴ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώπου Ac 12:22.—ἡ θεός the (female) god, goddess (Att., later more rarely; Peripl. Eryth. c. 58; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 17, 2; SIG 695, 28; ins, one of which refers to Artemis, in Hauser p. 81f; Jos., Ant. 9, 19; Ar. 11, 2 [Artemis]; Ath. 29, 2 [Ino]) Ac 19:37.—Pl. Ac 7:40 (Ex 32:1). Cp. 14:11; 19:26; PtK 2 p. 14, 21. εἴπερ εἰσὶν λεγόμενοι θεοί even if there are so-called gods 1 Cor 8:5a; s. vs. 5b (on θεοὶ πολλοί cp. Jos., Ant. 4, 149.—Maximus Tyr. 11, 5a: θ. πολλοί w. εἷς θ. πατήρ). οἱ φύσει μὴ ὄντες θεοί those who by nature are not really gods Gal 4:8b (cp. Ar. 4, 2 μὴ εἶναι τὸν οὐρανὸν θεόν al.). θεοὶ … λίθινοι etc. AcPl Ha 1, 18 (cp. JosAs 10:13 τοὺς χρυσοῦς καὶ ἀργυροῦς). Of the devil μὴ ὢν θεός AcPlCor 2:15.

② Some writings in our lit. use the word θ. w. ref. to Christ (without necessarily equating Christ with the Father, and therefore in harmony w. the Shema of Israel Dt 6:4; cp. Mk 10:18 and 4a below), though the interpretation of some of the pass. is in debate. In Mosaic and Gr-Rom. traditions the fundamental semantic component in the understanding of deity is the factor of performance, namely saviorhood or extraordinary contributions to one’s society. Dg. 10:6 defines the ancient perspective: ὸ̔ς ἃ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ λάβων ἔχει, ταῦτα τοῖς ἐπιδεομένοις χορηγῶν, θεὸς γίνεται τῶν λαμβανάντων one who ministers to the needy what one has received from God proves to be a god to the recipients (cp. Sb III, 6263, 27f of a mother). Such understanding led to the extension of the mng. of θ. to pers. who elicit special reverence (cp. pass. under 4 below; a similar development can be observed in the use of σέβομαι and cognates). In Ro 9:5 the interpr. is complicated by demand of punctuation marks in printed texts. If a period is placed before ὁ ὢν κτλ., the doxology refers to God as defined in Israel (so EAbbot, JBL 1, 1881, 81–154; 3, 1883, 90–112; RLipsius; HHoltzmann, Ntl. Theol.² II 1911, 99f; EGünther, StKr 73, 1900, 636–44; FBurkitt, JTS 5, 1904, 451–55; Jülicher; PFeine, Theol. d. NTs⁶ ’34, 176 et al.; RSV text; NRSV mg.). A special consideration in favor of this interpretation is the status assigned to Christ in 1 Cor 15:25–28 and the probability that Paul is not likely to have violated the injunction in Dt 5:7.—If a comma is used in the same place, the reference is to Christ (so BWeiss; EBröse, NKZ 10, 1899, 645–57 et al.; NRSV text; RSV mg. S. also εἰμί 1.—Undecided: THaering.—The transposition by the Socinian scholar JSchlichting [died 1661] ὧν ὁ=‘to whom belongs’ was revived by JWeiss, D. Urchristentum 1917, 363; WWrede, Pls 1905, 82; CStrömman, ZNW 8, 1907, 319f). In 2 Pt 1:1; 1J 5:20 the interpretation is open to question (but cp. ISmyrna McCabe.0010, 100 ὁ θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ Ἀντίοχος). In any event, θ. certainly refers to Christ, as one who manifests primary characteristics of deity, in the foll. NT pass.: J 1:1b (w. ὁ θεός 1:1a, which refers to God in the monotheistic context of Israel’s tradition. On the problem raised by such attribution s. J 10:34 [cp. Ex 7:1; Ps 81:6]; on θεός w. and without the article, acc. to whether it means God or the Logos, s. Philo, Somn. 1, 229f; JGriffiths, ET 62, ’50/51, 314–16; BMetzger, ET 63, ’51/52, 125f), 18b. ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου my Lord and my God! (nom. w. art.=voc.; s. beg. of this entry.—On a resurrection as proof of divinity cp. Diog. L. 8, 41, who quotes Hermippus: Pythagoras returns from a journey to Hades and appears among his followers [εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν], and they consider him θεῖόν τινα) J 20:28 (on the combination of κύριος and θεός s. 3c below). Tit 2:13 (μέγας θ.). Hb 1:8, 9 (in a quot. fr. Ps 44:7, 8). S. TGlasson, NTS 12, ’66, 270–72. Jd 5 P⁷². But above all Ignatius calls Christ θεός in many pass.: θεὸς Ἰησοῦς Χριστός ITr 7:1; Χριστὸς θεός ISm 10:1. ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν IEph ins; 15:3; 18:2; IRo ins (twice); 3:3; IPol 8:3; τὸ πάθος τοῦ θεοῦ μου IRo 6:3. ἐν αἵματι θεοῦ IEph 1:1. ἐν σαρκὶ γενόμενος θεός 7:2. θεὸς ἀνθρωπίνως φανερούμενος 19:3. θεὸς ὁ οὕτως ὑμᾶς σοφίσας ISm 1:1.—Hdb. exc. 193f; MRackl, Die Christologie d. hl. Ign. v. Ant. 1914. ὁ θεός μου Χριστὲ Ἰησοῦ AcPl Ha 3, 10; Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ὁ θ[εός] 6, 24; cp. ln. 34 (also cp. Just., A I, 63, 15, D. 63, 5 al.; Tat. 13, 3; Ath. 24, 1; Mel., P. 4, 28 al.).—SLösch, Deitas Jesu u. antike Apotheose ’33. Cp. AWlosk, Römischer Kaiserkult ’78.

③ God in Israelite/Christian monotheistic perspective, God the predom. use, somet. with, somet. without the art.

ⓐ ὁ θεός Mt 1:23; 3:9; 5:8, 34; Mk 2:12; 10:18; 13:19 (cp. TestJob 37:4); Lk 2:13; J 3:2b; Ac 2:22b; Gal 2:6 al. With prep. εἰς τὸν θ. Ac 24:15. ἐκ τοῦ θ. J 8:42b, 47; 1J 3:9f; 4:1ff, 6f; 5:1, 4; 2 Cor 3:5; 5:18 al.; ἐν τῷ θ. Ro 5:11; Col 3:3 (Ath. 21, 1). ἔναντι τοῦ θ. Lk 1:8; ἐπὶ τὸν θ. Ac 15:19; 26:18, 20 (Just., D. 101, 1); ἐπὶ τῷ θ. Lk 1:47 (Just., D. 8, 2); παρὰ τοῦ θ. J 8:40 (Ar. 4, 2; Just., A I, 33, 6 al.; without art. Just., D. 69, 6 al.). παρὰ τῷ θ. Ro 2:13; 9:14 (Just., A I, 28, 3; Tat. 7, 1; Ath. 31, 2 al.); πρὸς τὸν θ. J 1:2; Ac 24:16; AcPl Ha 3, 8 (Just., D. 39, 1 al.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 13 al.); τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ. Hb 2:17; 5:1; Ro 15:17 is acc. of respect: with respect to one’s relation to God or the things pert. to God, in God’s cause (s. B-D-F §160; Rob. 486. For τὰ πρὸς τ. θ. s. Soph., Phil. 1441; X., De Rep. Lac. 13, 11; Aristot., Pol. 1314b, 39; Lucian, Pro Imag. 8; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 109, 3 [III B.C.] εὐσεβὴς τὰ πρὸς θεούς; Ex 4:16; 18:19; Jos., Ant. 9, 236 εὐσεβὴς τὰ πρὸς τ. θεόν). τὰ πρὸς τ[ὸν] θεὸν ἐτήρουσαν, when they were observant of matters pert. to God AcPl Ha 8, 13 (=τα π̣ρος θ̣̄ν̄| ἐτήρουσαν Ox 1602, 10f=BMM recto 16 restored after the preceding).

ⓑ without the art. Mt 6:24; Lk 2:14; 20:38; J 1:18a; Ro 8:8, 33b; 2 Cor 1:21; 5:19; Gal 2:19; 4:8f; 2 Th 1:8; Tit 1:16; 3:8; Hb 3:4; AcPl Ha 8, 20=BMM recto 25 (s. also HSanders’ rev. of Ox 1602, 26, in HTR 31, ’38, 79, n. 2, Ghent 62 verso, 6); AcPlCor 1:15; 2:19, 26. W. prep. ἀπὸ θεοῦ J 3:2a; 16:30 (Just., A II, 13, 4 τὸν … ἀπὸ ἀγεννήτου … θεοῦ λόγον). εἰς θεόν IPhld 1:2. ἐκ θεοῦ (Pind., O. 11, 10, P. 1, 41; Jos., Ant. 2, 164; Just., A I, 22, 2; Mel., P. 55, 404) Ac 5:39; 2 Cor 5:1; Phil 3:9. ἐν θεῷ J 8:21; Ro 2:17; Jd 1; AcPl Ha 1, 15; 2, 35. ἐπὶ θεόν AcPl Ha 2, 29 (cp. πρὸς θεόν Just., D. 138, 2). κατὰ θεόν acc. to God’s will (Appian, Iber. 19 §73; 23 §88; 26 §101, Liby. 6 §25, Bell. Civ. 4, 86 §364) Ro 8:27; 2 Cor 7:9ff; IEph 2:1. ἡ κατὰ θ. ἀγάπη godly love IMg 1:1; cp. 13:1; ITr 1:2. παρὰ θεῷ (Jos., Bell. 1, 635) Mt 19:26; Lk 2:52.

ⓒ w. gen. foll. or w. ἴδιος to denote a special relationship: ὁ θ. Ἀβραάμ Mt 22:32; Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; Ac 3:13; 7:32 (all Ex 3:6). ὁ θ. (τοῦ) Ἰσραήλ (Ezk 44:2; JosAs 7:5) Mt 15:31; Lk 1:68; cp. Ac 13:17; 2 Cor 6:16; Hb 11:16. ὁ θ. μου Ro 1:8; 1 Cor 1:4; 2 Cor 12:21; Phil 1:3; 4:19; Phlm 4. OT κύριος ὁ θ. σου (ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, αὐτῶν) Mt 4:7 (Dt 6:16); 22:37 (Dt 6:5); Mk 12:29 (Dt 6:4); Lk 1:16; 4:8 (Dt 6:13); 10:27 (Dt 6:5); Ac 2:39. ὁ κύριος καὶ ὁ θ. ἡμῶν Rv 4:11 (Just., D. 12, 3; the combination of κύριος and θεός is freq. in the OT: 2 Km 7:28; 3 Km 18:39; Jer 38:18; Zech 13:9; Ps 29:3; 34:23; 85:15; 87:2; TestAbr A 3 p. 79, 19 [Stone p. 6]; JosAs 3:4; 12:2 κύριε ὁ θ. τῶν αἰώνων. But s. also Epict. 2, 16, 13 κύριε ὁ θεός [GBreithaupt, Her. 62, 1927, 253–55], Herm. Wr.: Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/2, p. 172, 6 κύριε ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, the PGM ref. at the beg. of this entry, and the sacral uses τ. θεῷ κ. κυρίῳ Σοκνοπαίῳ [OGI 655, 3f—24 B.C.]; PTebt 284, 6; τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ Ἀσκληπίῳ [Sb 159, 2]; deo domino Saturno [ins fr. imperial times fr. Thala in the prov. of Africa: BPhW 21, 1901, 475], also Suetonius, Domit. 13 dominus et deus noster [for the formulation s. 4a: PMich 209]; Ar. 15, 10; Just., D. 60, 3 al.) τὸν ἴδιον θ. AcPl Ha 3, 22.—ὁ θ. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰ. Χ. Eph 1:17.

ⓓ used w. πατήρ (s. πατήρ 6a) ὁ θ. καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Ro 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; Col 1:3; 1 Pt 1:3. ὁ θ. καὶ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Gal 1:4; Phil 4:20; 1 Th 1:3; 3:11, 13. ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 5:20; Js 1:27. θ. πατήρ Phil 2:11; 1 Pt 1:2; cp. 1 Cor 8:6. ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ro 1:7b; 1 Cor 1:3; 2 Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 1:2; Phil 1:2; Col 1:2; Phlm 3; ἀπὸ θ. π. Gal 1:3 v.l.; Eph 6:23; 2 Th 1:2; 2 Ti 1:2; Tit 1:4; παρὰ θεοῦ π. 2 Pt 1:17; 2J 3.

ⓔ w. gen. of what God brings about, in accordance w. the divine nature: ὁ θ. τῆς εἰρήνης Ro 15:33; 1 Th 5:23. τῆς ἐλπίδος the God fr. whom hope comes Ro 15:13. πάσης παρακλήσεως 2 Cor 1:3b. ὁ θ. τῆς ἀγάπης 13:11. ὁ θ. πάσης χάριτος 1 Pt 5:10. In οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἀκαταστασίας ὁ θεός 1 Cor 14:33, θεός is to be supplied before ἀκατ.: for God is not a God of disorder.

ⓕ The gen. (τοῦ) θεοῦ is

α. subj. gen., extremely freq. depending on words like βασιλεία, δόξα, θέλημα, ἐντολή, εὐαγγέλιον, λόγος, ναός, οἶκος, πνεῦμα, υἱός, υἱοί, τέκνα and many others. Here prob. (s. β) belongs τὸ μωρὸν τ. θ. the (seeming) foolishness of G. 1 Cor 1:25 (s. B-D-F §263, 2).

β. obj. gen. ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θ. love for God Lk 11:42; J 5:42; ἡ προσευχὴ τοῦ θ. prayer to God Lk 6:12. πίστις θεοῦ faith in God Mk 11:22. φόβος θεοῦ fear of, reverence for God Ro 3:18 al. (s. φόβος 2bα) If 1 Cor 1:25 is to be placed here (s. α above), τὸ μωρὸν τ. θ. refers to apostolic allegiance to God, which is viewed by outsiders as folly.

γ. τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ the things, ways, thoughts, or secret purposes of God 1 Cor 2:11. φρονεῖν τὰ τ. θ. Mt 16:23; Mk 8:33 s. φρονέω 2b (ἀτιμάζοντας τὰ τοῦ θ. Just., D. 78, 10 al.). ἀποδιδόναι τὰ τ. θ. τῷ θεῷ give God what belongs to God Mt 22:21; Mk 12:17; Lk 20:25.

δ. Almost as a substitute for the adj. divine IMg 6:1f; 15 (cp. Ath. 21, 4 οὐδὲν ἔχων θεοῦ [of Zeus]).

ⓖ The dat. τῷ θεῷ (s. B-D-F §188, 2; 192; Rob. 538f; WHavers, Untersuchungen z. Kasussyntax d. indogerm. Sprachen 1911, 162ff) is

α. dat. of advantage (cp. e.g. Ath. 26, 3 ὡς ἐπηκόῳ θεῷ) for God 2 Cor 5:13. Perh. (s. β) ὅπλα δυνατὰ τῷ θ. 10:4. The dat. of Ro 6:10f rather expresses the possessor.

β. ethical dat. in the sight of God, hence w. superl. force (s. Beginn. IV, 75, on Ac 7:20) very: μεγάλοι τῷ θ. B 8:4 (cp. Jon 3:3). ἀστεῖος τῷ θ. Ac 7:20. Perh. (s. α) ὅπλα δυνατὰ τ. θ. weapons powerful in the sight of God 2 Cor 10:4. This idea is usu. expressed by ἐνώπιον τοῦ θ.

ⓗ ὁ θ. is used as a vocative Mk 15:34 (Ps 21:2. θεός twice at the beginning of the invocation of a prayer: Ael. Dion. θ, 8; Paus. Attic. θ, 7 ‘θεὸς θεός’ ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ἐπέλεγον ἐπιφημιζόμενοι); Lk 18:11; Hb 1:8 (Ps 44:7; MHarris, TynBull 36, ’85, 129–62); 10:7 (Ps 39:9); AcPl Ha 3, 10; 5, 12; 31. S. also 2 and 3c and the beg. of this entry.

ⓘ θ. τῶν αἰώνων s. αἰών 3 and 4; θ. αἰώνιος s. αἰώνιος 2; θ. ἀληθινός s. ἀληθινός 3b; εἷς ὁ θεός s. εἷς 2b; (ὁ) θ. (ὁ) ζῶν s. [ζάω] 1aε.—ὁ μόνος θεός the only God (4 Km 19:15, 19; Ps 85:10; Is 37:20; Da 3:45; Philo, Leg. All. 2, 1f; s. Norden, Agn. Th. 145) J 5:44 (some mss. lack τοῦ μόνου); 1 Ti 1:17.—ὁ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θ. (Demochares: 75 Fgm. 2 p. 135, 7 Jac. [in Athen. 6, 62, 253c] μόνος θ. ἀληθινός) J 17:3. cp. the sim. combinations w. μόνος θ. Ro 16:27; Jd 25. μόνος ὁ θεὸς μένει AcPl Ha 2, 27.—θ. σωτήρ s. σωτήρ 1.—OHoltzmann, D. chr. Gottesglaube, s. Vorgesch. u. Urgesch.1905; EvDobschütz, Rationales u. irrat. Denken über Gott im Urchristent.: StKr 95, 1924, 235–55; RHoffmann, D. Gottesbild Jesu ’34; PAlthaus, D. Bild Gottes b. Pls: ThBl 20, ’41, 81–92; Dodd 3–8; KRahner, Theos im NT: Bijdragen (Maastricht) 11, ’50, 212–36; 12, ’51, 24–52.

④ that which is nontranscendent but considered worthy of special reverence or respect, god (Artem. 2, 69 p. 161, 17: γονεῖς and διδάσκαλοι are like gods; Simplicius in Epict. p. 85, 27 acc. to ancient Roman custom children had to call their parents θεοί; s. 2 above and note on σέβομαι).

ⓐ of humans θεοί (as אֱלֹהִים) J 10:34f (Ps 81:6; humans are called θ. in the OT also Ex 7:1; 22:27; cp. Philo, Det. Pot. Insid. 161f, Somn. 1, 229, Mut. Nom. 128, Omn. Prob. Lib. 43, Mos. 1, 158, Decal. 120, Leg. All. 1, 40, Migr. Abr. 84). θ. γίνεται τῶν λαμβανόντων (a benefactor) proves to be a god to recipients Dg 10:6 (cp. Pliny, NH 2, 7, 18; s. 2 above, beg.—Aristot., Pol. 3, 8, 1, 1284a of the superior pers. as a god among humans; Arcesilaus [III B.C.] describes Crates and Polemo as θεοί τινες=‘a kind of gods’ [Diog. L. 4, 22]; Antiphanes says of the iambic poet Philoxenus: θεὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἦν [Athen. 14, 50, 643d]; Diod S 1, 4, 7 and 5, 21, 2 of Caesar; for honors accorded Demetrius, s. IKertész, Bemerkungen zum Kult des Demetrios Poliorketes: Oikumene 2, ’78, 163–75 [lit.]; Dio Chrys. 30 [47], 5 Πυθαγόρας ἐτιμᾶτο ὡς θεός; Heliod. 4, 7, 8 σωτὴρ κ. θεός, addressed to a physician; BGU 1197, 1 [4 B.C.] a high official, and 1201, 1 [2 B.C.] a priest θεός and κύριος; PMich 209, 11f [II/III A.D.] οἶδας ἄδελφε, ὅτει οὐ μόνον ὧς ἀδελφόν σε ἔχω, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς πατέρα κ. κύριον κ. θεόν; Just., A I, 26, 2 [Σίμων] θεὸς ἐνομίσθη καὶ … ὡς θεὸς τετίμηται; Tat. 3, 2 μὴ θεὸς ὤν [Empedocles]; Ath. 30, 2 Ἀντίνους … ἔτυχε νομίζεσθαι θεός of benefactors in gener. AcJ 27 [Aa II/1, 166, 4]).—JEmerton, JTS 11, ’60, 329–32.

ⓑ of the belly (=appetite) as the god of certain people Phil 3:19 (cp. Athen. 3, 97c γάστρων καὶ κοιλιοδαίμων. Also Eupolis Com. [V B.C.] Fgm. 172 K. [in Athen. 3, 100b]; on the use of θ. in ref. to impersonal entities [e.g. Eur., Cyclops 316 of wealth as a god] s. DDD 693f).

⑤ of the devil ὁ θ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου 2 Cor 4:4 (s. αἰών 2a and WMüllensiefen, StKr 95, 1924, 295–99).—668–99. RAC XI 1202–78; XII 81–154; B. 1464. LfgrE s.v. θεός col. 1001 (lit.). Schmidt, Syn. IV 1–21. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.