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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

  • ἐν ᾧ διεξιὼν τὰσ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀρετὰσ φησίν, ὡσ οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλευθερώσαντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων οὐ τὰ πολέμια δεινοὶ μόνον ἦσαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἤθη γενναῖοι καὶ φιλότιμοι καὶ σώφρονεσ, οἵ γε τῶν μὲν κοινῶν μᾶλλον ἐφρόντιζον ἢ τῶν ἰδίων, τῶν δὲ ἀλλοτρίων ἧττον ἐπεθύμουν ἢ τῶν ἀδυνάτων καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν οὐ πρὸσ ἀργύριον ἔκρινον ἀλλὰ πρὸσ εὐδοξίαν, μέγαν οἰόμενοι τοῖσ παισὶ καταλείψειν πλοῦτον καὶ ἀνεπίφθονον τὴν παρὰ τοῖσ πλήθεσι τιμήν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 52)
  • ἄμφω δὲ τεχνῖται καὶ εἰπεῖν δεινοὶ ἐοίκατε εἶναι. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 5:5)
  • μάχην δ’ ἀμέγαρτον ἔγειραν πάντεσ, θήλειαι τε καὶ ἄρσενεσ, ἤματι κείνῳ, Τιτῆνέσ τε θεοὶ καὶ ὅσοι Κρόνου ἐξεγένοντο, οὕσ τε Ζεὺσ Ἐρέβευσφιν ὑπὸ χθονὸσ ἧκε φόωσδε δεινοί τε κρατεροί τε, βίην ὑπέροπλον ἔχοντεσ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 65:4)
  • ἔνθα δὲ Νυκτὸσ παῖδεσ ἐρεμνῆσ οἰκί’ ἔχουσιν, Ὕπνοσ καὶ Θάνατοσ, δεινοὶ θεοί· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 71:1)
  • οἳ δ’ οὐκ ἔχοντεσ καὶ σπανίζοντεσ βίου δεινοί, νέμοντεσ τῷ φθόνῳ πλέον μέροσ, ἐσ τοὺσ ἔχοντασ κέντρ’ ἀφιᾶσιν κακά, γλώσσαισ πονηρῶν προστατῶν φηλούμενοι· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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