The corpus record

θεολογ-έω

theologeo

discourse on the gods and cosmology

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

discourse on the gods and cosmology, call, discourses about the gods

discourse on the gods and cosmology, Arist. Metaph. 983b29; περί τινων Id. Mu. 391b4, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.614d, etc.; Δία αὐτὸν [τὸν Φαέθοντα] ζωογόνον θεολογοῦσι call him Ζεύς ζ. Antig. Mir. 10b:—Pass., τὰ θεολογούμενα discourses about the gods, Plu. Def.orac. 2.421e (v.l.), S.E. M. 9.55; title of work by Asclepiades of Mendes, Suet. Aug. 94; τρεῖς αἱ Μοῖραι θεολογοῦνται Theol.Ar. 16.

2 refer to a divine influence

refer to a divine influence, τοὺς τόκους Sch. Ptol. Tetr. 103.

In the wild

θεολογῶμεν · theologōmen Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 6)
θεολογήσαντας · theologēsantas Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 86)
θεολογέων · theologeōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1043)

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