A.equal to the gods, godlike (cf. S.E.M.7.6): Homeric epith. of heroes, Il.5.663, etc.; of nations, ib.12.408, Od.6.241; of women, only ib.11.117; applied even to Polyphemus and the suitors, ib.1.70, 14.18; “ἥρωες ἀ.” B.10.79.
II. contrary to God, Ph.1.566, al.