θεῖον,
A)
Epic dialect θέειον (in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] θήϊον), τό,
brimstone, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας. ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή, from a thunderbolt, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, of a ship struck by lightning, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ. [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; as a natural product, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεπυρωμένον, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare θεάφιον, θέαφος. (Perh.
cognate with θύω, θυμιάω, Latin
suffire.)