noun · masculine
theos
theos m
Classical[ˈtʰe.ɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː.os]
Meaning
- masculinegod or deity
[…] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt.
1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], →OCLC, page [unpaged]:Multiuoca dicuntur illa (vt inquit Hugo) quæ sub multiplicatione vocum important vnam & eandem rem om nino, vt Theos Deus, omnia talia sunt synonyma in diuinis.
1576, Johann Altenstaig, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, →OCLC, page 210 [facing page]:
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, deity, divinity”, noun).