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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

  • τὰ δὲ σώματα τῶν νέων οὐδενὸσ δεινοῦ ἐπείγοντοσ καταπονεῖτε παίοντεσ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱδρώτων καταναλίσκοντεσ, οὐ ταμιευόμενοι πρὸσ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον τὰσ ἀλκὰσ αὐτῶν, ἀλλ’ εἰκῆ ἐν τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τῇ κόνει ἐκχέοντεσ; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 35:2)
  • παραναλίσκων, ἀλλὰ καρτερικωτάτουσ καὶ παντὸσ δεινοῦ κρείττονασ ἀξιῶν εἶναι τοὺσ σώζειν μέλλοντασ τὴν πατρίδα. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 38:8)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ δεινοῦ πυρὸσ λαμπρὸν διάϊ[σσεν μέ]νοσ, Ζεὺσ ἐπιστάσα[σ μελαγκευ]θὲσ νέφοσ σβέννυεν ξανθὰ[ν φλόγα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 12:2)
  • φιλοσόφουσ δὲ ἤδη ἐγὼ πολλάκισ εἶδον, οὐδενὸσ ὄντοσ δεινοῦ, τόξα ἐνεσκευασμένουσ· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 55:5)
  • δεινοῦ δ’ ἄρχομαι προβλήματοσ καὶ δεινὰ δράσω γε ‐ εἰ θεοῖσ δοκεῖ τάδε, ἔστω· (Euripides, episode 5:33)

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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