θεόπνοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • θεόπνους (theópnous) — contracted

Etymology

From θεό- (θεός) (theó- (theós), “god”) +‎ -πνοος (-pnoos, “breath”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

θεόπνοος • (theópnoos) m or f (neuter θεόπνοον); second declension (Koine)

  1. inspired of God
    • Hermetica, Poimandres [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου] Ποιμάνδρης, 30 @scaife.perseus.org [the contracted from]
      θεόπνους γενόμενος … τῆς ἀληθείας ἦλθον.
      theópnous genómenos … tês alētheías êlthon.
      becoming inspired by God … I have come/arrived to the truth.

Inflection

Second declension of θεόπνοος; θεόπνοον (Attic)
Number Singular Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative θεόπνοος
theópnoos 		θεόπνοον
theópnoon 		θεόπνοοι
theópnooi 		θεόπνοᾰ
theópnoă
Genitive θεοπνόου
theopnóou 		θεοπνόου
theopnóou 		θεοπνόων
theopnóōn 		θεοπνόων
theopnóōn
Dative θεοπνόῳ
theopnóōi 		θεοπνόῳ
theopnóōi 		θεοπνόοις
theopnóois 		θεοπνόοις
theopnóois
Accusative θεόπνοον
theópnoon 		θεόπνοον
theópnoon 		θεοπνόους
theopnóous 		θεόπνοᾰ
theópnoă
Vocative θεόπνοε
theópnoe 		θεόπνοον
theópnoon 		θεόπνοοι
theópnooi 		θεόπνοᾰ
theópnoă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • θεόπνοος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • Poirier, John C. The Invention of the Inspired Text. Chapter 3: Pre-Origen Uses of Θεόπνους. Pages 67-88. →ISBN
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