- θεῖον
- θεῖονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `brimstone' (Il., IA).Other forms: ep. θέειον, also θήϊον (χ 493)Compounds: also with δια-, ἐκ-, περι-, `treat with sulphur' (Od., medic.); from here θεώματα τὰ περικαθαρτήρια H.Derivatives: Diminutivum θε(ι)άφιον (H., Tz.; θέαφος Eust.), adj. θειώδης `sulphuric' (Str., medic.), denomin. verb θειόω, θεόω, ep. θεειόω,Origin: IE [Indo-European] [268] *dʰues- `smoke' [doubtful!]Etymology: The basic form was θέειον, from where through hyphaeresis θεῖον, through further loss of the ι θεόω, θεάφιον; further through metrical lengthening and suffix-change unique θήϊον. θέειον \< *θϜέσειον is a substantivized adjective from a noun *θϜέσος n. prop. `smoke', formed to a verb for `smoke, breathe (out)' in Lith. dves-iù `expire the soul'. Solmsen Unt. 85ff. (in details diff.). Cf. on θεός and 2. θύω.Page in Frisk: 1,658
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.