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Is there a word in English that means "god-stealing"

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May 13, 2012, 04:00
mojobadshah
Is there a word in English that means "god-stealing"
I know that diacide means "godkilling" but is there a word that means "god-stealing"?
May 13, 2012, 07:54
arnie
quote:
diacide
deicide, actually.

The Greek κλέπτω (Latinised as klepto) means "I steal". So a "deiklept" would be a "god-stealer", although I suspect I've just invented it as it doesn't appear in a Google search.

There are several Latin words with a meaning of "I steal" such as capio or corripio, I suppose you could coin something along the lines of "deicapier" or similar.


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May 13, 2012, 16:44
mojobadshah
Thanks. I figured it would be something like that. I saw Latin "to steal" is clepsere or clepere, so I thought maybe diaclepsere or diaclepere, but deiklept sounds better. Those dang deikleptos.