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θεοφορ-έω

theophoreo

deify, to be possessed by a god, inspired

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What it meant — LSJ

deify

deify, τὸ πῦρ S.E. M. 9.32.

II to be possessed by a god, inspired

Pass., to be possessed by a god, inspired, Longin. 13.2, Ph. 2.146, al., Luc. Philops. 38, S.E. P. 1.101; Θεοφορουμένη, name of a play of Menander, Ath. 11.504a, cf. Arg. Men. Oxy. 1235.46.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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