θεσπέσιος
thespesios
divinely sounding, divinely sweet
Appears 36 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θεσπέσιος, α, ον, also ος, ον Andr. 296 (lyr.), Sacr. 13: (perh. for θεσ-σπέσιος, cf. θεός, ἔσπον):—prop. of the voice, A. divinely sounding, divinely sweet, ἀοιδή Il. 2.600; Σειρῆνες Od. 12.158; ἔπεα I. 4(3).39; ἀχέτας Av. 1095 (lyr.). 2. divinely uttered or decreed, dat. sg. fem. θεσπεσίῃ as Adv., Il. 2.367. b. oracular, γένος P. 12.13 (of the Graiae); δάφνα l.c.; θ. ὁδός the way of divination, of Cassandra, Ag. 1154 (lyr.); εὐχαῖς ὑπὸ θ. with prayers to the gods, I. 6(5).44. c. = θεῖος, βηλός Il. 1.591; ἄντρον Od. 13.363. II. more than human: hence, awful, of natural phenomena, θ. νέφος Il. 15.669; ἀχλύς Od. 7.42; λαῖλαψ 9.68; marvellous, χάρις 2.12; θ. ἄωτον, χαλκός, 9.434, Il. 2.457; θ. ὀδμή a smell divinely sweet, Od. 9.211; ὀσμὴ θ. 82.9; of human affairs, θ. φύζα, φόβος, Il. 9.2, 17.118; πλοῦτος 2.670; ἠχή 8.159; βοή Od. 24.49; θ. ὅμιλος 15.66: also in Prose, τέχνη θ. τις καὶ ὑψηλή Euthd. 289e; θ. βίος R. 365b; θ. καὶ ἡδεῖα ἡ διαγωγή ib.558a; σοφοὶ καὶ θ. ἄνδρες Tht. 151b, cf. Dial. 1; φύσεις VS 2.9.2; θ. τὴν γνώμην Alex. 4. III. Adv. -ίως, θ. ἐφόβηθεν they trembled unspeakably, Il. 15.637: neut. θεσπέσιον as Adv., θ. ὑλᾶν 25.70; also ἀπόζει θ. ὡς ἡδύ 3.113; ὠδώδει θ. οἷον Alex. 20; θεσπεσίηθεν divinely, ἀρηρότα 96.4. —Chiefly Ep., once in , twice in Trag. (lyr.), once in (lyr.).
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