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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

  • καὶ τὸν πολέμιον δεινότερον ἕξομεν, μὴ ῥᾳδίασ αὐτῷ πάλιν οὔσησ τῆσ ἀναχωρήσεωσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 9 1:4)
  • ἧσ τὴν προαίρεσιν καὶ τὰ ἤθη διεξιὼν δεινότερον μὲν ἡγεῖσθαί φησι τοὺσ τότε ἀνθρώπουσ τὸ τοῖσ πρεσβυτέροισ ἀντειπεῖν ἢ δημοκρατίαν δὲ αὐτοὺσ νομίζειν οὐ τὴν ἀκολασίαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν σωφροσύνην. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 83)
  • ἀλλὰ δεινότερον μὲν ἐνόμιζον εἶναι κακῶσ ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀκούειν ἢ καλῶσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἀποθνῄσκειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 2:1)
  • οὔπω ταύτησ ἤκουσα πολυπλοκωτέρασ γυναικὸσ οὐδὲ δεινότερον λεγούσησ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 11)
  • πολὺ μέντοι δεινότερον τούτου τοῦ πράγματόσ ἐστι, τὸ ποῖον; (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 2:12)
  • οἳ γε μὴν ῥήτορεσ, καὶ ὃ δεινότερόν ἐστιν, καὶ οἱ φιλοσοφεῖν φάσκοντεσ πρὸσ αὐτὰ οὕτωσ διάκεινται κακοδαιμόνωσ, ὥστε τῶν μάλιστα νῦν εὐδοκιμούντων φιλοσόφων ‐ περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ῥητόρων τί δεῖ λέγειν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 52:4)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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