divinely sounding, divinely sweet, ἀοιδή Il. 2.600; Σειρῆνες Od. 12.158; ἔπεα Pi. I. 4(3).39; ἀχέτας Ar. Av. 1095 (lyr.).
divinely uttered or decreed, dat. sg. fem. θεσπεσίῃ as Adv., Il. 2.367.
oracular, γένος Pi. P. 12.13 (of the Graiae); δάφνα E. l.c.; θ. ὁδός the way of divination, of Cassandra, A. Ag. 1154 (lyr.); εὐχαῖς ὑπὸ θ. with prayers to the gods, Pi. I. 6(5).44.
= θεῖος, βηλός Il. 1.591; ἄντρον Od. 13.363.
more than human: hence, awful, of natural phenomena, θ. νέφος Il. 15.669; ἀχλύς Od. 7.42; λαῖλαψ 9.68; marvellous, χάρις 2.12; θ. ἄωτον, χαλκός, 9.434, Il. 2.457; θ. ὀδμή a smell divinely sweet, Od. 9.211; ὀσμὴ θ. Hermipp. 82.9; of human affairs, θ. φύζα, φόβος, Il. 9.2, 17.118; πλοῦτος 2.670; ἠχή 8.159; βοή Od. 24.49; θ. ὅμιλος Theoc. 15.66: also in Prose, τέχνη θ. τις καὶ ὑψηλή Pl. Euthd. 289e; θ. βίος Id. R. 365b; θ. καὶ ἡδεῖα ἡ διαγωγή ib. 558a; σοφοὶ καὶ θ. ἄνδρες Id. Tht. 151b, cf. Philost
Adv. -ίως, θ. ἐφόβηθεν they trembled unspeakably, Il. 15.637: neut. θεσπέσιον as Adv., θ. ὑλᾶν Theoc. 25.70; also ἀπόζει θ. ὡς ἡδύ Hdt. 3.113; ὠδώδει θ. οἷον Plu. Alex. 20; θεσπεσίηθεν divinely, ἀρηρότα Emp. 96.4. —Chiefly Ep., once in Hdt., twice in Trag. (lyr.), once in Ar. (lyr.).