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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

  • παρεκάθισαν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἑπτὰ νύκτασ, καὶ οὐδεὶσ αὐτῶν ἐλάλησεν. ἑώρων γὰρ τὴν πληγὴν δεινὴν οὖσαν καὶ μεγάλην σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 2:17)
  • Εἶτά τισ αὐτὸσ ταῦτα γεγραφὼσ καὶ κατηγορίαν οὕτω δεινὴν κατὰ τοῦ τοιουτου βίου διεξελθών, ἔπειτα πάντων ἐκλαθόμενοσ, ὀστράκου, φησί, μεταπεσόντοσ ἑκὼν ἑαυτὸν φέρων ἐσ δουλείαν οὕτω περιφανῆ καὶ περίβλεπτον ἐνσέσεικε; (Lucian, Apologia 2:2)
  • δεινήν τινα λέγεισ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν ἀβελτερίαν, οἳ τοσοῦτον ἔρωτα ἐρῶσιν ὠχροῦ καὶ βαρέοσ κτήματοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:12)
  • καὶ νῦν αὐτὰ ταῦτα θαυματοποιεῖ, ὥσ φασι, βόθρον ὀρύττων καὶ ξύλα συγκομίζων καὶ δεινήν τινα τὴν καρτερίαν ὑπισχνούμενοσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:48)
  • μελαγχολίαν τινὰ δεινὴν λέγεισ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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