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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

  • Θουκυδίδησ μὲν γὰρ τὰ πάθη δηλῶσαι κρείττων, Ἡρόδοτοσ δὲ τά γε ἤθη παραστῆσαι δεινότεροσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 18:3)
  • δεινότεροσ οὗτόσ ἐστιν. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 22:7)
  • οὕτω δεινότεροσ ἦν ἐν ταῖσ ὁμιλίαισ καὶ ταῖσ πράξεσιν ἢ τοῖσ ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματοσ λόγοισ δημαγωγόσ. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 6 4:2)
  • ἐπιβουλεύσασ δέ τισ φησί τυχών τε ξυνετόσ, καὶ ὑπονοήσασ ἔτι δεινότεροσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 30 1:1)
  • οὐδεὶσ γὰρ δεινότεροσ οὐδὲ φοβερώτεροσ ἐκείνου τῶν εἰσ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀποσταλέντων ἐγένετο στρατηγῶν, οὐδὲ μείζονα τοὺσ φίλουσ ἀνὴρ ἄλλοσ εὐεργέτησεν οὐδὲ κακὰ τηλικαῦτα τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ ἐποίησεν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 7 2:1)
  • εἰρηκὼσ δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ὅτι δεινότερόσ ἐστιν οἰκονομῆσαι Λυσίου καὶ ὅλουσ τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ τὰ μέρη αὐτῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἔξω ποιῶν τῆσ τέχνησ, ᾗ μετὰ ταῦτα πολλῇ ὁ Δημοσθένησ ἐχρήσατο, βούλομαι καὶ τὰσ ὑπὲρ τούτων παρασχέσθαι πίστεισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 141)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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