Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνός αἰνή αἰνόν

Structure: αἰν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = deino/s,

Sense

  1. dread, dire, grim, most dread
  2. terribly, strangely, exceedingly

Examples

  • πέμπτασ δ’ ἐξαλέασθαι, ἐπεὶ χαλεπαί τε καὶ αἰναί· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 98:1)

Synonyms

  1. terribly

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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