τεός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tewós, a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *téwe, the genitive singular of *túh₂.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.wós/ → /teˈos/ → /teˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.wós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /teˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /teˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /teˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /teˈos/

Adjective

τεός • (teós) m (feminine τεή, τεᾱ́, neuter τεόν); first/second declension

1. Epic and Doric form of σός (sós, “your sg”)

Declension

First and second declension of τεός; τεή; τεόν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τεός teós	τεή teḗ	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεοί teoí	τεαί teaí	τεᾰ́ teá
Genitive		τεοῦ / τεοῖο / τεόο teoû / teoîo / teóo	τεῆς teês	τεοῦ / τεοῖο / τεόο teoû / teoîo / teóo		τεοῖῐν teoîin	τεαῖν / τεαῖῐν / τεῇῐν teaî(i)n / teêiin	τεοῖῐν teoîin		τεῶν teôn	τεᾱ́ων / τεέ͜ων / τεῶν teā́ōn / teé͜ōn / teôn	τεῶν teôn
Dative		τεῷ teôi	τεῇ teêi	τεῷ teôi		τεοῖῐν teoîin	τεαῖν / τεαῖῐν / τεῇῐν teaî(i)n / teêiin	τεοῖῐν teoîin		τεοῖσῐ / τεοῖσῐν / τεοῖς teoîsi(n) / teoîs	τεῇσῐ / τεῇσῐν / τεῇς / τεαῖς teêisi(n) / teêis / teaîs	τεοῖσῐ / τεοῖσῐν / τεοῖς teoîsi(n) / teoîs
Accusative		τεόν teón	τεήν teḗn	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεούς teoús	τεᾱ́ς teā́s	τεᾰ́ teá
Vocative		τεέ teé	τεή teḗ	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεοί teoí	τεαί teaí	τεᾰ́ teá
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First and second declension of τεός; τεᾱ́; τεόν (Doric)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τεός teós	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεοί teoí	τεαί teaí	τεᾰ́ teá
Genitive		τεοῖο teoîo	τεᾶς teâs	τεοῖο teoîo		τεοῖν teoîn	τεαῖν teaîn	τεοῖν teoîn		τεῶν teôn	τεᾶν teân	τεῶν teôn
Dative		τεῷ teôi	τεᾷ teâi	τεῷ teôi		τεοῖν teoîn	τεαῖν teaîn	τεοῖν teoîn		τεοῖς teoîs	τεαῖς teaîs	τεοῖς teoîs
Accusative		τεόν teón	τεᾱ́ν teā́n	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεούς teoús	τεᾱ́ς teā́s	τεᾰ́ teá
Vocative		τεέ teé	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεόν teón		τεώ teṓ	τεᾱ́ teā́	τεώ teṓ		τεοί teoí	τεαί teaí	τεᾰ́ teá
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “τεός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τεός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press