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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

  • κακαὶ δὲ ἀνακληθῆναι αὗται καὶ δυσπειθεῖσ ὑπὸ λιμοῦ, δειναὶ δὲ καὶ καταφαγεῖν τὸν ἁλόντα· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 22 1:3)
  • δειναὶ δὲ κῆρέσ <σ’> αἱ κυνώπιδεσ θεαὶ τροχηλατήσουσ’ ἐμμανῆ πλανώμενον. (Euripides, episode, anapests 2:3)
  • δειναὶ μὲν οὖν θεαὶ τῷδ’ ἄχει πεπληγμέναι πάγον παρ’ αὐτὸν χάσμα δύσονται χθονόσ, σεμνὸν βροτοῖσιν εὐσεβὲσ χρηστήριον· (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:5)
  • δειναὶ γὰρ αἱ γυναῖκεσ εὑρίσκειν τέχνασ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 5:19)
  • δειναὶ μὲν τότε τύχαι, δεινὰ δὲ καὶ τάδ’· (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:29)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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