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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

  • ἐπεὶ ἐὰν ὀργίλωσ με διάθησθε διὰ τῆσ ἀπειθείασ ὑμῶν, ἀναγκάσετέ με ἐπὶ δειναῖσ κολάσεσιν ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν διὰ τῶν βασάνων ἀπολέσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:9)
  • τήνδε δ’ οὐχ ὁρᾷσ Αἵδου δράκαιναν, ὥσ με βούλεται κτανεῖν δειναῖσ ἐχίδναισ εἰσ ἔμ’ ἐστομωμένη; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 2:5)
  • καὶ μηδὲν ὠφεληθεὶσ ὑπὸ τῆσ περιτομῆσ ἀλλὰ σηπόμενοσ ἐν δειναῖσ ὀδύναισ ἀπέθανεν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 91:3)
  • ἡ δὲ κυρία γενομένη τοῦ σώματοσ ἄλλαισ τε δειναῖσ ἐχρήσατο τιμωρίαισ, καὶ τάσ σάρκασ ἀποτέμνοντα τάσ αὐτοῦ κατὰ μικρὸν ὀπτᾶν, εἶτ’ ἐσθίειν ἠνάγκασεν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 49 2:1)
  • δεύτερον δὲ τῶν αὑτῶν ἐπερχομένων μυριάσι πολλαῖσ καὶ δειναῖσ ἀπειλαῖσ, ὥστε καὶ τὸ μένειν ἄνδρα Ῥωμαῖον ἐν τάξει τότε καὶ τ πείθεσθαι τῷ στρατηγῷ μέγα ἔργον εἶναι, Μάριοσ μὲν ἡγεῖτο, Σερτώριοσ δὲ κατασκοπὴν ὑπέστη τῶν πολεμίων, ἐσθῆτι δὲ Κελτικῇ σκευασάμενοσ καὶ τὰ κοινότατα τῆσ διαλέκτου πρὸσ ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ καιροῦ παραλαβών, ἀναμίγνυται τοῖσ βαρβάροισ· (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 3 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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