The corpus record

θεόληπτ-ος

theoleptos

possessed, inspired

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant — LSJ

possessed, inspired

possessed, inspired, Arist. EE 1214a23, S.E. P. 2.52, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).148; γνώμη App. Hann. 42, cf. Sallust. 3, etc.; θ. εἰς ἀρετήν Plu. Col. 2.1117a.

in bad sense, = θεοβλαβής, Man. 4.80, Vett.Val. 114.12.

3 superstitious

superstitious, Plu. Herod. 2.855b.

In the wild

θεόληπτοι · theolēptoi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1

Where it came from

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