- θεσπέσιος
- θεσπέσιοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `divine, superhuman, enormous, wunderfull' (Il.).Derivatives: from there θεσπίζω, aor. θεσπίσαι, -ίξαι (Theoc.) `prophesy, give an oracle' (Hdt., trag., ) with θεσπίσματα pl. (rarely sg.) `oracle (pronunciation)' (trag.), θεσπιστής `fortune-teller, prophet' (Man.). Also θέσπις, ιος, -ιν, -ιδα `id.' (Od.). Here also Θεσπιαί pl. town in Boeotia and other GN.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [259] *dhh₁s- `god' and [897] *sekʷ- `speak'Etymology: Like e. g. ἀμβρόσιος from ἄμβροτος is θεσπέσιος derived from *θέσ-σπ-ετος, a compound of *θεσ- `god' (s. θεός) and the verb (ἐνι-)σπεῖν `proclaim' (s. ἐν(ν)έπω) with το-suffix (cf. ἄ-σπ-ετος); so prop. `proclaimed by a god'. So θέσπις for *θέσ-σπ-ις, evtl. as shortened form. - Details in Bechtel Lex. s. vv.; also Schwyzer 450 and 458.Page in Frisk: 1,667
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.