English

Proper noun

Theos

1. plural of Theo

Latin

Noun

theos m

1. (religion) god or deity
   • 1510, [s.n.], De Placitis philosophorum libri, [s.l.], OCLC 165843068, page [unpaged]:

     […] luná luminis nobis authores esse:ab eo quod theasthe id est spectare dicunt:& thin.idest currere:theos (unde nos deos) appellauerunt.

   • 1576, Altenstaig, Johann, Lexicon theologicum : complectens vocabulorum descriptiones, diffinitiones & interpretationes, Antverpiae: Beller, OCLC 633781092, page 210 [facing page]:

     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.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:theos.

Synonyms

• deus

Derived terms

1. the- (combining form)
2. theo- (combining form)

References

• "Theos", in Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium copiosissimus, Parisii, 1517, unpaged. OCLC 165983637.
• "Theos", in Bartolomeo Castelli, Lexicon medicum graeco-latinum, Norimberga, 1682, p. 1132. OCLC 488834748.