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

  • κωκυτὸν τ’ ἀθέμιστον ὑπ’ ὀφρύσι μηνίσαντα εἶδε, καὶ αἰνοτάτου βλέμμ’ ὑπέμεινε κυνόσ, ἐν πυρὶ μὲν φωνὴν τεθοωμένου, ἐν πυρὶ δ’ ὄμμα σκληρόν, τριστοίχοισ δεῖμα φέρον κεφαλαῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 1:2)

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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