θεοπληξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ πλήσσω (plḗssō, “strike”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.plɛːk.sí.aː/ → /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/ → /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.plɛːk.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ple̝kˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/

Noun

θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ • (theoplēxíā) f (genitive θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the state or behaviour of one stricken by a god, madness, blindness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ hē theoplēxíā	τὼ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ theoplēxíā	αἱ θεοπληξῐ́αι hai theoplēxíai
Genitive	τῆς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς tês theoplēxíās	τοῖν θεοπληξῐ́αιν toîn theoplēxíain	τῶν θεοπληξῐῶν tôn theoplēxiôn
Dative	τῇ θεοπληξῐ́ᾳ têi theoplēxíāi	τοῖν θεοπληξῐ́αιν toîn theoplēxíain	ταῖς θεοπληξῐ́αις taîs theoplēxíais
Accusative	τὴν θεοπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn theoplēxíān	τὼ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ theoplēxíā	τᾱ̀ς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theoplēxíās
Vocative	θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ theoplēxíā	θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ theoplēxíā	θεοπληξῐ́αι theoplēxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• θεοβλᾰ́βειᾰ (theoblábeia)

References

• “θεοπληξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεοπληξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεοπληξία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften