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δεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεινός δεινή δεινόν

Structure: δειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from de/os, properly deeino/s, cf. e)leeino/s, e)leino/s, from e)/leos

Sense

  1. terrible, horrible, fearful, astounding
  2. (neuter substantive) danger
  3. marvelous, mighty, powerful
  4. wondrous, strange
  5. able, skillful, clever
  6. shamefully timid, cowardly

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative δεινός δεινή δεινόν
Genitive δεινοῦ δεινῆς δεινοῦ
Dative δεινῷ δεινῇ δεινῷ
Accusative δεινόν δεινήν δεινόν
Vocative δεινέ δεινή δεινόν
DualN/A/V δεινώ δεινᾱ́ δεινώ
G/D δεινοῖν δειναῖν δεινοῖν
PluralNominative δεινοί δειναί δεινά
Genitive δεινῶν δεινῶν δεινῶν
Dative δεινοῖς δειναῖς δεινοῖς
Accusative δεινούς δεινᾱ́ς δεινά
Vocative δεινοί δειναί δεινά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δεινός δεινοῦ δεινότερος δεινοτεροῦ δεινότατος δεινοτατοῦ
Adverb δεινώς δεινότερον δεινότατα

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

  • πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶσ, φόβοσ δὲ παῤ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:11)
  • Τέκνον, ἐπὶ νεκρῷ κατάγαγε δάκρυα καὶ ὡσ δεινὰ πάσχων ἔναρξαι θρήνου, κατὰ δὲ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ περίστειλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃσ τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:16)
  • οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντεσ ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ ὁρῶντεσ δεινά, οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀντεφιλοσόφησαν τῷ τυράννῳ καὶ διὰ τῆσ εὐλογιστίασ τὴν τυραννίδα αὐτοῦ κατέλυσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:15)
  • οὕτωσ ἄρα βαθέωσ καθίκετο αὐτῆσ ἡ τῶν ἱερείων διαφορά καί μοι δοκῶ ὁρᾶν αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τότε μόνην τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν εἰσ Οἰνέωσ πεπορευμένων, δεινὰ ποιοῦσαν καὶ σχετλιάζουσαν οἱάσ ἑορτῆσ ἀπολειφθήσεται. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 1:5)
  • ἡ Ῥέα δὲ ‐ χρὴ γὰρ ἴσωσ καὶ ταῦτα εἰπεῖν ‐ πῶσ οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖ, γραῦσ μὲν ἤδη καὶ ἔξωροσ οὖσα καὶ τοσούτων μήτηρ θεῶν, παιδεραστοῦσα δὲ ἔτι καὶ ζηλοτυποῦσα καὶ τὸν Ἄττιν ἐπὶ τῶν λεόντων περιφέρουσα, καὶ ταῦτα μηκέτι χρήσιμον εἶναι δυνάμενον; (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 7:2)
  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔτεκε θυγατέρα καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆσ Δείνα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:21)
  • ΕΞΗΛΘΕ δὲ Δείνα ἡ θυγάτηρ Λείασ, ἣν ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακώβ, καταμαθεῖν τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἐγχωρίων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:1)
  • ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰακὼβ τῷ Συχὲμ καὶ Ἐμμὼρ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ μετὰ δόλου καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτοῖσ, ὅτι ἐμίαναν Δείνα τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:13)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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