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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

  • οὐκ ἀδυνατῶν ἐν παρατάξει ἀσεβεῖσ δικαίοισ ὑποχειρίουσ δοῦναι ἢ θηρίοισ δεινοῖσ ἢ λόγῳ ἀποτόμῳ ὑφ̓ ἓν ἐκτρῖψαι, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 12:9)
  • οἱ δὲ μετὰ ἑορτασμάτων εἰσδεξάμενοι τοὺσ ἤδη τῶν αὐτῶν μετεσχηκότασ δικαίων, δεινοῖσ ἐκάκωσαν πόνοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 19:16)
  • τῶν περὶ θάνατον, καὶ τὸ εὐθαρσῆ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ, καὶ τὸ εὔτολμον πρὸσ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, καὶ τὸ μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι τεθνάναι καλῶσ ἢ αἰσχρῶσ σωθῆναι, καὶ τὸ νίκησ αἴτιον εἶναι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 17:1)
  • αὖθισ δὲ οἳ μὲν καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ εὐέλπιδεσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 14 1:4)
  • καίτοι φησὶν ὅτι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸ δρᾷ, ὡσ διδάξειεν αὐτοὺσ θανάτου καταφρονεῖν καὶ ἐγκαρτερεῖν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:59)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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