теург

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεουργός (theourgós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: тэу́рг)

Noun

теу́рг (tɛúrgm anim (genitive теу́рга, nominative plural теу́рги, genitive plural теу́ргов)

  1. theurgist, theurge
    • 1895, Д. С. Мережковский, Смерть богов. Юлиан Отступник:
      В городах Малой Азии ― Никомидии, Пергаме, Смирне ― девятнадцатилетний Юлиан, искавший эллинской мудрости, слышал о знаменитом теу́рге и софисте, Ямвлике из Халкиды, ученике Порфирия неоплатоника, о божественном Ямвлике, как все его называли.
      V gorodax Maloj Azii ― Nikomidii, Pergame, Smirne ― devjatnadcatiletnij Julian, iskavšij ellinskoj mudrosti, slyšal o znamenitom tɛúrge i sofiste, Jamvlike iz Xalkidy, učenike Porfirija neoplatonika, o božestvennom Jamvlike, kak vse jevo nazyvali.
      In the cities of Asia Minor―Nicomedia, Pergamon, Smyrna―the nineteen-year-old Julian, searching for Hellenic wisdom, heard of Iamblichus of Chalcis, the famous theurgist and sophist, a student of Porphyry the Neoplatonist; the divine Iamblichus, as everyone called him.

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