1. θεόφορ-ος · theophor-os
bearing, carrying a god
bearing or carrying a god, πόδες A. Fr. 225.
The corpus record
θεόφορ-ος
theophoros
bearing, carrying a god
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Where it lives
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
What it meant — LSJ
2. θεόφορ-ος · theophor-os
II possessed by a god, inspired, of inspiration
possessed by a god, inspired, θ. δύαι the pains of inspiration, A. Ag. 1150 (lyr.), cf. Phld. D. 1.4.
2 derived from a god
θ. ὀνόματα names derived from a god, as Διόδωρος, Ath. 10.448e.
In the wild
- θεοφόρους · theophorous Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1150–1153
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.