θεοπληξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ πλήσσω (plḗssō, “strike”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.plɛːk.sí.aː/ → /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/ → /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.plɛːk.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ple̝kˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.plikˈsi.a/

Noun

θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ • (theoplēxĭ́ā) f (genitive θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the state or behaviour of one stricken by a god, madness, blindness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ hē theoplēxĭ́ā	τὼ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ theoplēxĭ́ā	αἱ θεοπληξῐ́αι hai theoplēxĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς tês theoplēxĭ́ās	τοῖν θεοπληξῐ́αιν toîn theoplēxĭ́ain	τῶν θεοπληξῐῶν tôn theoplēxĭôn
Dative	τῇ θεοπληξῐ́ᾳ têi theoplēxĭ́āi	τοῖν θεοπληξῐ́αιν toîn theoplēxĭ́ain	ταῖς θεοπληξῐ́αις taîs theoplēxĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θεοπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn theoplēxĭ́ān	τὼ θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ theoplēxĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θεοπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theoplēxĭ́ās
Vocative	θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ theoplēxĭ́ā	θεοπληξῐ́ᾱ theoplēxĭ́ā	θεοπληξῐ́αι theoplēxĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• θεοβλᾰ́βειᾰ (theoblắbeiă)

References

• “θεοπληξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεοπληξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεοπληξία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften