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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

  • ὁ μὲν δὴ πολὺσ ὅμιλοσ, οὓσ ἰδιώτασ οἱ σοφοὶ καλοῦσιν, Ὁμήρῳ τε καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μυθοποιοῖσ περὶ τούτων πειθόμενοι καὶ νόμον θέμενοι τὴν ποίησιν αὐτῶν, τόπον τινα ὑπὸ τῇ γῇ βαθὺν Αἳδην ὑπειλήφασιν, μέγαν δὲ καὶ πολύχωρον τοῦτον εἶναι καὶ ζοφερὸν καὶ ἀνήλιον, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ αὐτοῖσ φωτίζεσθαι δοκοῦντα πρὸσ τὸ καὶ καθορᾶν τῶν ἐνόντων ἕκαστον βασιλεύειν δὲ τοῦ χάσματοσ ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Διὸσ Πλούτωνα κεκλημένον, ὥσ μοι τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα δεινῶν τισ ἔλεγε, διὰ τὸ πλουτεῖν τοῖσ νεκροῖσ τῇ προσηγορίᾳ τετιμημένον. (Lucian, (no name) 2:1)
  • λοιπὸν οὖν ἐστιν αὐτὸν τῶν παρόντων ἕνεκα ταῦτα ληρεῖν οὔθ’ ὅ τι πέπονθεν αὐτῷ ὁ παῖσ εἰδότα οὔθ’ ὅποι κεχώρηκε, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδὲ τὸν βίον αὐτὸν ἐξετάσαντα ὁποῖόσ ἐστιν οὐ γὰρ ἂν τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ μετάστασιν ὥσ τι τῶν δεινῶν ἐδυσχέραινεν. (Lucian, (no name) 15:4)
  • τὸ δ’ ὑμέτερον τῆσ τε δυνάμεωσ ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι τῆσ τε γνώμησ μηδὲ τοῖσ βεβαίοισ πιστεῦσαι, τῶν δὲ δεινῶν μηδέποτε οἰέσθαι ἀπολυθήσεσθαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 175)
  • τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν πλῆτο στόμα λευκὰ θεόντων, δεινῶν ἀπλήτων, ἐπὶ δὲ βλοσυροῖο μετώπου δεινὴ Ἔρισ πεπότητο κορύσσουσα κλόνον ἀνδρῶν, σχετλίη, ἥ ῥα νόον τε καὶ ἐκ φρένασ εἵλετο φωτῶν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:4)
  • ἐν δ’ ὀφίων κεφαλαὶ δεινῶν ἔσαν, οὔ τι φατειῶν, δώδεκα, ταὶ φοβέεσκον ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων, οἵ τινεσ ἀντιβίην πόλεμον Διὸσ υἱῖ φέροιεν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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