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θεο-
θεο-
Greek
Alternative forms
- θεό- (theó-)
Prefix
θεο- • (theo-)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words connected God or religion; theo-:
- λόγος (lógos, “speech, word”)
θεολογία (theología, “theology”)
- σέβομαι (sévomai, “to respect”)
θεοσεβής (theosevís, “devout”)
- γνώση (gnósi, “knowledge”)
θεογνωσία (theognosía, “knowledge of God”)
- κράτος (krátos, “state”)
θεοκρατία (theokratía, “theocracy”)
- μισώ (misó, “hate, despise”)
θεομίσητος (theomísitos, “godforsaken, hated by God”)
- φαίνομαι (faínomai, “appear”)
Θεοφάνια (Theofánia, “the Epiphany of Jesus”)
- λόγος (lógos, “speech, word”)
- (figuratively, colloquial) added before a noun or adjective or verb to create words that indicate the quality is present to a high degree (with adjectives) or that it is very large (with nouns):
- βαρέλι (varéli, “barrel”)
θεοβάρελο (theovárelo, “large barrel”)
- κουφός (koufós, “deaf”)
θεόκουφος (theókoufos, “extremely deaf, profoundly deaf”)
- τρελός (trelós, “crazy, mad”)
θεότρελος (theótrelos, “extremely mad, as mad as a hatter”)
- φτωχός (ftochós, “poor”)
θεόφτωχος (theóftochos, “extremely poor”)
- βαρέλι (varéli, “barrel”)
Derived terms
- Category:Greek words prefixed with θεο-
- Category:Greek words prefixed with θεό-