The corpus record

θεοειδής

theoeides

godlike, godlike

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Where it lives

Iliad 27 · 2.42/10k
Odyssey 17 · 1.96/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Enneads 4 · 0.19/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

godlike

godlike, in Hom. of form, Πρίαμος Il. 24.217, al.; Ἀλέξανδρος, Τηλέμαχος, 3.16, Od. 14.173, al.; Οὐρανίη Hes. Th. 350; θ. πρόσωπον Pl. Phdr. 251a; οἱ ποιηταὶ τοὺς καλοὺς θεοειδεῖς ὀνομάζουσιν Plu. Bruta anim. 2.988d, cf. Pl. R. 501b.

II godlike

generally, godlike, θεοειδές τί ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή Id. Phd. 95c, cf. Muson. Fr. 17p.91H.; of things, λίθους, βοτάνας, ζῷα, ἀρώματα Iamb. Myst. 5.23: Comp. -έστερος Pl. Epin. 980d: Sup. -έστατος Eus.Mynd. 33; κόσμος ἐπῶν Phalar. Ep. 147.2: also irreg. θεειδ- (q.v.). Adv. -δῶς Herm. in Phdr. p.178A., Suid.

In the wild

θεοειδής · theoeidēs Herodotus, Histories 2.116.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2346)
θεοειδὴς · theoeidēs Theogony 346–361
θεοειδὴς · theoeidēs Iliad 11.581
θεοειδὴς · theoeidēs Iliad 12.94
θεοειδής · theoeidēs Iliad 13.774
θεοειδὴς · theoeidēs Iliad 17.494

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Where it came from

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