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αἰνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνός αἰνή αἰνόν

Structure: αἰν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = deino/s,

Sense

dread, dire, grim, most dread
terribly, strangely, exceedingly

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	αἰνός	αἰνή	αἰνόν
	Genitive	αἰνοῦ	αἰνῆς	αἰνοῦ
	Dative	αἰνῷ	αἰνῇ	αἰνῷ
	Accusative	αἰνόν	αἰνήν	αἰνόν
	Vocative	αἰνέ	αἰνή	αἰνόν
Dual	N/A/V	αἰνώ	αἰνᾱ́	αἰνώ
Dual	G/D	αἰνοῖν	αἰναῖν	αἰνοῖν
Plural	Nominative	αἰνοί	αἰναί	αἰνά
	Genitive	αἰνῶν	αἰνῶν	αἰνῶν
	Dative	αἰνοῖς	αἰναῖς	αἰνοῖς
	Accusative	αἰνούς	αἰνᾱ́ς	αἰνά
	Vocative	αἰνοί	αἰναί	αἰνά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	αἰνός αἰνοῦ	αἰνότερος αἰνοτεροῦ	αἰνότατος αἰνοτατοῦ
Adverb	αἰνώς	αἰνότερον	αἰνότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

δεινὴ δὲ περὶ κροτάφοισιν ἄνακτοσ κεῖτ’ Αἴδοσ κυνέη νυκτὸσ ζόφον αἰνὸν ἔχουσα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 24:9)
οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ’ ὁπόσοι σκληρὸν βίον ἐστήσαντο ἀνθρώπων, σκοτιὴν μαιόμενοι σοφίην, οὓσ αὐτὴ περὶ πυκνὰ λόγοισ ἐσφίγξατο μῆτισ καὶ δεινὴ μύθων κῆδοσ ἔχουσ1’ ἀρετή, οὐδ’ οἵδ’ αἰνὸν ἔρωτοσ ἀπεστρέψαντο κυδοιμὸν μαινόμενον, δεινὸν δ’ ἦλθον ὑφ’ ἡνίοχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 10:2)
ἣ δ’ αἰνὸν ἔχει χόλον, οὐδὲ θεοῖσι μίσγεται, ἀλλ’ ἀπάνευθε θυώδεοσ ἔνδοθι νηοῦ ἧσται Ἐλευσῖνοσ κραναὸν πτολίεθρον ἔχουσα. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 37:3)
τῷ δὲ καὶ Αἰνείασ ὄνομ’ ἔσσεται, οὕνεκα μ’ αἰνὸν ἔσχεν ἄχοσ, ἕνεκα βροτοῦ ἀνέροσ ἔμπεσον εὐνῇ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 21:6)
ἔλυσεν αἰνὸν ἄχοσ ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων Ἄρησ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, antistrophe 11)
καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐπὶ τῆσ στάσεωσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ εἰσόδου οἱ ἄρχοντεσ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγεσ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ περὶ τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ τῆσ γῆσ ηὐφράνθη καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖσ σάλπιγξι καὶ οἱ ᾄδοντεσ ἐν τοῖσ ὀργάνοισ ᾠδοὶ καί ὑμνοῦντεσ αἶνον. καὶ διέρρηξε Γοθολία τὴν στολὴν αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐβόησεν. ἐπιτιθέμενοι ἐπιτίθεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 23:13)
ἐκ στόματοσ νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:3)
νῦν δ’ αἶνον βασιλεῦσιν ἐρέω φρονέουσι καὶ αὐτοῖσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 24:1)
τὸ μὲν γὰρ εἶδοσ αἶνον ἄξιον φέρειν Ἑλένησ τε καὶ σοῦ, δύο δ’ ἔφυτε συγγόνω, ἄμφω ματαίω Κάστορόσ τ’ οὐκ ἀξίω. (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:4)

Synonyms

terribly
- ἔκπαγλος (terribly, vehemently, exceedingly)

Similar forms

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

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terribly

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