COMPOUND: θέσκελος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘set in motion by a god’; ‘wondrous, marvellous’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root θεσ- (θεός) ‘god’ + verbal root κελ- (κέλλω) ‘set in motion’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 130; XXIII, 107; Od. XI, 374, 610;
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. n. pl., acc. n. sg. (adv.)
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (complement-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: the first member is not a free word. See also θεσπέσιος, θέσφατος