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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

  • τοὺσ δὲ μέθ’ ὁπλότατοσ γένετο Κρόνοσ ἀγκυλομήτησ, δεινότατοσ παίδων· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:8)
  • γνώσεται δὲ τὸν Διὸσ Διόνυσον, ὃσ πέφυκεν ἐν τέλει θεόσ, δεινότατοσ, ἀνθρώποισι δ’ ἠπιώτατοσ. (Euripides, episode, trochees 12:8)
  • Διοπείθη τὸν Σφήττιον, ὃσ δεινότατοσ ἐδόκει εἶναι τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει· (Hyperides, Speeches, 29:1)
  • ἦν δὲ Λύσανδροσ μὲν ἐν δόξῃ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν, Μανδροκλείδασ δὲ δεινότατοσ Ἑλλήνων πράγματα συσκευάσασθαι καὶ τὸ συνετὸν τοῦτο καὶ δολερὸν τόλμῃ μεμιγμένον ἔχων Ἀγησίλαον δὲ θεῖον ὄντα τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ δυνατὸν εἰπεῖν, ἄλλωσ δὲ μαλακὸν καὶ φιλοχρήματον, ἐμφανῶσ μὲν ὁ υἱὸσ Ἱππομέδων ἐκίνει καὶ παρεθάρρυνεν, εὐδόκιμοσ ἐν πολλοῖσ πολέμοισ ἀνὴρ καὶ μέγα δι’ εὔνοιαν τῶν νέων δυνάμενοσ· (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 6 3:1)
  • ὄρνισ ἀφ’ ἡμῶν τοῦ γένουσ τοῦ Περσικοῦ, ὅσπερ λέγεται δεινότατοσ εἶναι πανταχοῦ Ἄρεωσ νεοττόσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene31)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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