θεοπρόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεο- (theo-) +‎ πρέπω (prépō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.pró.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈpro.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈpro.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈpro.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈpro.pos/

Adjective

θεοπρόπος • (theoprópos) m or f (neuter θεοπρόπον); second declension

prophetic
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Trachiniae 821-824:
  ἴδʼ οἷον, ὦ παῖδες, προσέμιξεν ἄφαρ τοὔπος τὸ θεοπρόπον ἡμῖν τᾶς παλαιφάτου προνοίας, ὅ τʼ ἔλακεν, ὁπότε τελεόμηνος ἐκφέροι
  íd hoîon, ô paîdes, prosémixen áphar toúpos tò theoprópon hēmîn tâs palaiphátou pronoías, hó t élaken, hopóte teleómēnos ekphéroi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(substantive) seer, diviner, prophet, oracle
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.415-416:
  οὔτε θεοπροπίης ἐμπάζομαι, ἥν τινα μήτηρ ἐς μέγαρον καλέσασα θεοπρόπον ἐξερέηται.
  oúte theopropíēs empázomai, hḗn tina mḗtēr es mégaron kalésasa theoprópon exeréētai.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Ionic) servant sent to seek oracles
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.19.2:
  μακροτέρης δέ οἱ γινομένης τῆς νούσου πέμπει ἐς Δελφοὺς θεοπρόπους, εἴτε δὴ συμβουλεύσαντός τευ, εἴτε καὶ αὐτῷ ἔδοξε πέμψαντα τὸν θεὸν ἐπειρέσθαι περὶ τῆς νούσου.
  makrotérēs dé hoi ginoménēs tês noúsou pémpei es Delphoùs theoprópous, eíte dḕ sumbouleúsantós teu, eíte kaì autōî édoxe pémpsanta tòn theòn epeirésthai perì tês noúsou.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.48.2:
  ἐπείτε γὰρ δὴ διέπεμψε παρὰ τὰ χρηστήρια τοὺς θεοπρόπους, φυλάξας τὴν κυρίην τῶν ἡμερέων ἐμηχανᾶτο τοιάδε· ἐπινοήσας τὰ ἦν ἀμήχανον ἐξευρεῖν τε καὶ ἐπιφράσασθαι, χελώνην καὶ ἄρνα κατακόψας ὁμοῦ ἧψε αὐτὸς ἐν λέβητι χαλκέῳ, χάλκεον ἐπίθημα ἐπιθείς.
  epeíte gàr dḕ diépempse parà tà khrēstḗria toùs theoprópous, phuláxas tḕn kuríēn tôn hēmeréōn emēkhanâto toiáde; epinoḗsas tà ên amḗkhanon exeureîn te kaì epiphrásasthai, khelṓnēn kaì árna katakópsas homoû hêpse autòs en lébēti khalkéōi, khálkeon epíthēma epitheís.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

In Ionic Greek, the third sense of this term could be used instead of θεωρός (theōrós).

Declension

Second declension of θεοπρόπος; θεοπρόπον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θεοπρόπος theoprópos	θεοπρόπον theoprópon	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόποι theoprópoi	θεοπρόπᾰ theoprópă
Genitive	θεοπρόπου theoprópou	θεοπρόπου theoprópou	θεοπρόποιν theoprópoin	θεοπρόποιν theoprópoin	θεοπρόπων theoprópōn	θεοπρόπων theoprópōn
Dative	θεοπρόπῳ theoprópōi	θεοπρόπῳ theoprópōi	θεοπρόποιν theoprópoin	θεοπρόποιν theoprópoin	θεοπρόποις theoprópois	θεοπρόποις theoprópois
Accusative	θεοπρόπον theoprópon	θεοπρόπον theoprópon	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόπους theoprópous	θεοπρόπᾰ theoprópă
Vocative	θεοπρόπε theoprópe	θεοπρόπον theoprópon	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόπω theoprópō	θεοπρόποι theoprópoi	θεοπρόπᾰ theoprópă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	θεοπρόπως theoprópōs		θεοπροπώτερος theopropṓteros		θεοπροπώτᾰτος theopropṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θεοπροπέω (theopropéō)
θεοπροπία (theopropía)
θεοπροπίη (theopropíē)
θεοπρόπιον (theoprópion)

References

“θεοπρόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θεοπρόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
θεοπρόπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“θεοπρόπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
θεοπρόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540
θεοπρόπος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011