θεός Ancient Greek · revision 2223
15 Oct 2026, 03:38 by bogdan “Remove details not stated in the cited sources” current version
Changes in this edit
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
==Earliest recorded meaning==
− It is on the Mycenaean tablets as ''te-o''.^(Beekes 2010)^(Wiktionary) In Homer it means a god or goddess, and the gods as against men: Zeus is “father of men and gods”.^(Cunliffe 1924)^(LSJ 1940) It can also mean the divine in general, as when Eumaeus says that “god will give one thing and let another be”.^(LSJ 1940)
+ It is on the Mycenaean tablets as ''te-o''.^(Beekes 2010)^(Wiktionary) In Homer it means a god or goddess, and the gods as against men: Zeus is “father of men and gods”.^(Cunliffe 1924)^(LSJ 1940) It can also mean the divine in general, as in the saying that “god will give one thing and let another be”.^(LSJ 1940)
==Semantic evolution==