θεός
Alt. θεός, ὁ,
I. "God", Hom., both in general sense, Θεὸς δώσει "God" will grant, and in particular sense, θεός τις "a god;" πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε Hom.:—things are said to happen σὺν θεῷ, σύν γε θεοῖσιν by the will of God, id=Hom., etc.; οὐκ ἄνευ θεοῦ, Lat. non sine diis, Od.; οὐκ ἄνευθε θεοῦ Il.; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ Pind.;— ἐκ θεόφι Il.;— ὑπὲρ θεόν against "his will", id=Il.;— κατὰ θεόν τινα, Lat. divinitus, Eur.:—as an oath, πρὸς θεῶν by "the gods", in "God's name", Trag.; θεὸς ἴστω Soph., etc.
II. θεός as fem. for θεά, θέαινα, "a goddess", Hom.; θήλεια θεός Il.; ἡ νερτέρα θ. Proserpine, Soph.; often in oaths, νὴ τὼ θεώ id=Soph.; ναὶ τὼ σιώ, with the Spartans, of Castor and Pollux, Xen.; with the Boeotians, of Amphion and Zethus, id=Xen.
III. as adj. in comp. θεώτερος, "more divine", θύραι θ. doors "more used by the gods", Od.