Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεινόπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεινόπους

Structure: δεινοποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. terrible of foot

Examples

  • καὶ λέληθασ ἐχθρὸσ ὢν τοῖσ σοῖσιν αὐτοῦ νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆσ ἄνω, καί σ’ ἀμφιπλὴξ μητρόσ τε καὶ τοῦ σοῦ πατρὸσ ἐλᾷ ποτ’ ἐκ γῆσ τῆσδε δεινόπουσ ἀρά, βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθ’, ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 7:8)

Synonyms

  1. terrible of foot

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

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