superstition
superstition, ἄγαν θειασμῷ προσκείμενος, of Nicias, Th. 7.50.
II inspiration, frenzy
inspiration, frenzy, θειασμοῖς κάτοχοι γυναῖκες D.H. 7.68; θειασμοῦ [ἐπιρρήματα], such as εὐοἵ, D.T. 642.17.
The corpus record
θει-ασμός
theiasmos · ὁ
superstition
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Where it lives
- History 1 · 0.07/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- θειασμῷ · theiasmōi Thucydides, History 7.50.4 (DIORISIS sentence 5109)
Where it came from
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