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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 εἶπε πρόσ με. στῆθι δὴ ἐπάνω μου καὶ θανάτωσόν με, ὅτι κατέσχε με σκότοσ δεινόν, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:9)
  • παρεκάθισαν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ καὶ ἑπτὰ νύκτασ, καὶ οὐδεὶσ αὐτῶν ἐλάλησεν. ἑώρων γὰρ τὴν πληγὴν δεινὴν οὖσαν καὶ μεγάλην σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 2:17)
  • πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶσ, φόβοσ δὲ παῤ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:11)
  • ἐνύπνιον, ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ, ὡσ ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸσ φόβοσ ἐπ̓ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 33:15)
  • ἰδόντεσ ταραχθήσονται φόβῳ δεινῷ καὶ ἐκστήσονται ἐπὶ τῷ παραδόξῳ τῆσ σωτηρίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 5:2)
  • Καὶ γὰρ ὅτε αὐτοῖσ δεινὸσ ἐπῆλθε θηρίων θυμὸσ δήγμασί τε σκολιῶν διεφθείροντο ὄφεων, οὐ μέχρι τέλουσ ἔμεινεν ἡ ὀργή σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:5)
  • Τελευτήσαντοσ δὲ Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ Ἀντίοχοσ Ἐπιφανήσ, ἀνὴρ ὑπερήφανοσ καὶ δεινόσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 4:15)
  • θήκατο δ’ ἀμφ’ ὤμοισιν ἀρῆσ ἀλκτῆρα σίδηρον δεινὸσ ἀνήρ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 11:3)
  • ἦν δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ δόξα παρὰ τοῖσ τότε γοητείασ καὶ ἀπάτησ, ὡσ δεινὸσ ἁνὴρ τεχνιτεῦσαι λόγουσ ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρότερα, καὶ εἰσ τοῦτο διεβάλλετο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 45)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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