Greek

Alternative forms

• θεό- ‎(theó-)

Prefix

θεο- • ‎(theo-)

1. added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words connected God or religion; theo-:

   λόγος ‎(lógos, “speech, word”)     θεολογία ‎(theología, “theology”)

   σέβομαι ‎(sévomai, “to respect”)     θεοσεβής ‎(theosevís, “devout”)

   γνώση ‎(gnósi, “knowledge”)     θεογνωσία ‎(theognosía, “knowledge of God”)

   κράτος ‎(krátos, “state”)     θεοκρατία ‎(theokratía, “theocracy”)

   μισώ ‎(misó, “hate, despise”)     θεομίσητος ‎(theomísitos, “godforsaken, hated by God”)

   φαίνομαι ‎(faínomai, “appear”)     Θεοφάνια ‎(Theofánia, “the Epiphany of Jesus”)

2. (figuratively, colloquial) added before a noun or adjective or verb to create words that indicate the quality is present to a high degree (with adjectives) or that it is very large (with nouns):

   βαρέλι ‎(varéli, “barrel”)     θεοβάρελο ‎(theovárelo, “large barrel”)

   κουφός ‎(koufós, “deaf”)     θεόκουφος ‎(theókoufos, “extremely deaf, profoundly deaf”)

   τρελός ‎(trelós, “crazy, mad”)     θεότρελος ‎(theótrelos, “extremely mad, as mad as a hatter”)

   φτωχός ‎(ftochós, “poor”)     θεόφτωχος ‎(theóftochos, “extremely poor”)

Derived terms

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