θεά, ἡ,
in later θεή Call. Dian. 119, dat. θεῇ A.R. 3.549 codd. (Hom. has dat. pl. θεῆς, θεῇσι, Il. 3.158, 8.305), Lacon. σιά Ar. Lys. 1263 (lyr.): fem. of θεός (q.v.) in , Trag.(with imitations in Com., as Antiph. 81, Eub. 64), Att. in set phrases (v. infr.) and later Prose: -
I goddess, opp. γυνή, Il. 14.315: with another Subst., θ. μήτηρ 1.280; θεαὶ νύμφαι 24.615; Παλλὰς θ. S. Ant. 1184; θεοὶ θεαί τε A. Th. 87 (lyr.); μὰ θεούς, μὰ θεάς Pl. Smp. 219c; μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὰς θεάς D. 19.67; τοῖς δώδεκα θεοῖς καὶ ταῖς σεμναῖς θεαῖς IG 22.112.9, cf. Antiph. 206.2, Anaxandr. 2; τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῇ θεᾷ IG 12.76.39: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, μεγάλα θεά S. OC 683 (in earlier Att. τὼ θεώ, v. θεός) ; αἱ θεαί IG 22.661.28 (iii B.C.); αἱ σεμναὶ θ. the Erinyes, S. OC 458, etc.; δειναί, ἀνώνυμοι θ., E. El. 1270, IT 944.
II name of third τόπος, Vett. Val. 69.12, Paul.Al. L. 3, cf. Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).144. [ -, but sts. monosyll. in Trag., as E. Andr. 978.]
G2299 — θεά
θεᾶς, ἡ (feminine of θεός) (from Homer down), a goddess: [Act 19:27], and Rec. also in 35, 37.