θέειον
θέειον, sulphur
θέειον, θεειόω, Ep. for θεῖον (A), θειόω (q.v.):—also θέειος, for θεῖος (A): θεείω· θαυμάζω, Suid.
θέειον, v. θεῖον 2.
θέειον, ep. = θεῖον¹.
θέειον
-ου, τό. Also θήϊον Od. 22.493. Sulphur.
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In reference to the sulphurous smell associated with a thunderbolt: δεινὴ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή Il. 14.415. Cf. Il. 8.135: Od. 12.417, Od. 14.307.
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Used for cleansing by fumigation: ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ Il. 16.228. Cf. Od. 22.481, 493.
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θέειον and θήιον (Att. θεῖον): sulphur, used for fumigation and purification, hence called κακῶν ἄκος, Od. 22.481; ‘sulphurous fumes,’ Od. 12.417.
θέειον
Epic for θεῖον (sulphur).