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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

  • ἰδόντεσ ταραχθήσονται φόβῳ δεινῷ καὶ ἐκστήσονται ἐπὶ τῷ παραδόξῳ τῆσ σωτηρίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 5:2)
  • μέγα δ’ ὀλβισθεὶσ ὡσ ἐκ πατέρων ἀγαθῶν ἐγένου, δεινῷ θανάτῳ διόλωλασ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests3)
  • ἐν δεινῷ γ’ ὦ δύστηνε κακῷ τείρει ψυχὴν ἐξαπατηθείσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric6)
  • πρῶτον μὲν Διὸσ ἄλσοσ ἠρήμωσε λέοντοσ, πυρσῷ δ’ ἀμφεκαλύφθη ξανθὸν κρᾶτ’ ἐπινωτίσασ δεινῷ χάσματι θηρόσ· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, ephymnion 11)
  • ὡσ ἐν κλύδωνι καὶ φρενῶν ταράγματι πέπτωκα δεινῷ καὶ πνοὰσ θερμὰσ πνέω μετάρσι’, οὐ βέβαια, πνευμόνων ἄπο. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:7)

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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