BeOTOKlOV 



334 



Oeo'^oKicro'i 



SeoTOKiov, commonly deoroKiov, ov, to, (^coToxor) sc. rpoTra- 

 piov, in the Eitual, a tnoduhis addressed or relating 

 to t1ie Delpara. Poeph. Cer. 609, 4 6(ot6kiov. 



BfOTOKos, ov, fi, (tIkto), TfKf'iv) Deipurci, an epithet ap- 

 plied to the Virgin Mary. Method. 369 C. 381 B 



Mvrjfj.Tjv dStdXeiTTTOV rjfxSiv ttoiov, navayta BeoroKe. x ETR. 



Alex. 517 B. Ens. V. C. 3, 43. Ctrill. Alex. 

 Epist. 32 D. 35 B. 37 D. 44 C, et alibi. SocR. 

 7, 32. Theod. IV, 245 D. Novell. 3, 1 T^r 



dyi'of (i/&6^ov napBivov Ka'i deoTOKOv Maplas- TlIEOPH. 



684, 14 QeoToKe, ^orjBei, a pious ejaculation. Phot. 



228, p. 246, 19 npStroi 6 h aylois \(wv JStKtos emev 

 avTois \i^ea-iv o>s f^^TTjp Beoxt €ot\v ij ayta BeOTOKoe, Toif 

 TTpo avTov TiaTepav ovTa> hia-Kpvaioit pr)naiii p^ tovto 

 <paivopivuiV. 



6fo(j)avfia, as, 17, (Bfocfiavrjs) manifestation or appearance 

 of God. Method. 352 C Am x^r 6io(pav€ias toC tVos 



Ttjs iyias rpiaBos. Eus. 1, 2, p. 6, 26. AtHAN. I, 



54 A. Greg. Ntss. Ill, 479 B. 



e€o(t>dveia, av, to, = e(o<j>dvia. EpiPH. I, 451 A Christ- 

 mas. Aster. 340 A Christmas. Philostorg. 6, 2 

 Christmas. Theoph. Cost. 709 Epiphany. 



Ofo(pavia, a>v, ra, the Nativity, Christmas, 'En-i^di'ia 1. 

 Basil. II, G02 B "Ovopa Bo>pcv rij eoprfi ipwv O(o<j)avi.a. 

 Greg. Naz. I, 013 Eir rd Qeocjtavia, ciV ovv yeviB'Kia 



ToC (TWTt]pof Xoyos. Greg. Nrss. II, 259 B. Aster. 

 217 C. 



2. Epiphany, 'Emcj)dma 2, celebrated in commemo- 

 ration of the baptism of Jesus. Chrts. I, 497 C. 

 VIII (Spuria), 275 B, celebrated on the 7-ptcr/<aiSfKdrj; 



TerdpTOV prjvbs Kara 'Aa-iavois. ThEOD. LeCTOR. 2, 48 

 Tfjv Twv vdaTcov iv Tois Q(o(j)avlots iTrWXrjaiv iv ttj icnripa 

 yivfoBat. (See also Ayiaapos 3.) 



BeocpdvTap, opos, 6, {Beos, (^aiVm) revealer of divine things. 

 Nic. II, 1048 E AioTOo-iou roC Beo(j)dvTopos, an epithet 

 of Dionysius the Areopagite, because the spurious 

 work on the Celestial Hierarchy was believed to 

 have proceeded from him. 



6eo(}>LK(ia, as, ly, {6eo(pi\rjs) the being beloved of God, as a 

 title. Cyrill. Alex. Epist. 204 A. Chal. 1001 B 



'H ipercpa Bfo(j)!Xcm. 



d€o<j)i,'\rjs, is, beloved of God. Superlative, BcocpiKearaTos, 



a title applied to the emperor, to bishops, deacons, or 



to monies. InSCR. 5892 AvroKpdropa Kaltrapa M. 'Avtoi- 

 viov TopBiavov, eva-e^rj, fiiTVX^. a-fjiaa-Tbv, Ton Bioc^CkeaTa- 



Tov KoapoKpuTopa. Nic. I, 81 D. 260 C, to Con- 

 stantino the Great. Eus. 10, 8, p. 489, 10, to the 

 same. Athax. I, 123 C. 158 A. 169 D. 779 

 A. Cyrill. Alex. Epist. 19 E, to Nestorius, 

 bishop of Constantinople. Ephes. 932 D, to bishops. 

 969 C, to monks. Const. (536), 981 C, to deacons. 

 Hierosol. 1253 B, to archimandrites. 



In the time of Porphyrogenitus its apjilication was 

 restricted to metropolitans. Porph. Cer. 564, 4. 



In the Eukhologiox, it is given only to bishops 

 and ai'chbishops, naviepwraTos being the title of metro- 

 politans. [At present it is applied only to bishops.'] 



B€0<pi\ia, as, rj, := B€0(f)i\€La. ChaL. 925 C. 



efo^tXiVfijr, Tj, 6, dimin. of OcocjtAos, Theophilus. The- 

 oph. ConT. 224 Ov VTTOKopi^ipevoi Q(o(^CKiT^r)v efcaXoui'. 



6€o(j)op(opM (6fo<j)6pos), to be under the immediate in- 

 fluence of God, to be inspired. Hippol. 63. Eus. 

 1, 2, p. 10, 17. 



6(o(j)6pos, ov, {4>(p(o) God-bearing, inspired. Ignat. 

 Ephes. 9. Cyrill. Alex. Epist. 76 C. Theod. 



Ill, 716 C Toil' TpiaKocriav dcKaoKTOi ay'iav 6io<\>opa>v 



iraTipav (omitted in Sirmond's edition). Damasc. I, 

 622 C. 



It is particularly applied to Ignatius, bishop of 

 Antioch. The expression 'lywdnos 6 Ka\ 6(o(fi6pos oc- 

 curs at the beginning of each of the epistles ascribed 



to him. HorOL. Dec. 20 Mvijpi] toC dylov Upopdp- 

 Tvpos ^lyvarlov rod Beo^opov. 

 B(oct>vr]s, is, {<pia, 0Cra(, (pvrjvai) bom of God. MeTHOD. 



49 C. 

 6(o(j)v\aKros, ov, ((jivKda-a-a) divinely protected. Const. 



(536), 1001 B. Const. Ill, 932 E. Chron. 726, 



8. QuiN. Can. 2. • 

 BeoxapiTaros, ov, (;(a/)(To'oj) favored of God, Godfavored, 



that has received the grace of God. Method. 372 C. 

 BeoxoKrjTos, ov, (xoXdopai) icith whom God is wroth, Bco- 



XoXcoTOf. Theoph. 282, 11. 



BeoxoKairos, ov, = B^oxoKrjTos. TuEOPH. 282, 11, as a 



various reading. 



