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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

  • ἢ νεοκτίστουσ θυμοῦ πλήρεισ θῆρασ ἀγνώστουσ ἤτοι πυρπνόον φυσῶντασ ἆσθμα ἢ βρόμουσ λικμωμένουσ καπνοῦ ἢ δεινοὺσ ἀπ̓ ὀμμάτων σπινθῆρασ ἀστράπτοντασ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:18)
  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν βουλετηρίῳ τῇ ἑαυτῆσ ψυχῇ δεινοὺσ ὁρῶσα συμβούλουσ, φύσιν καὶ γένεσιν καὶ φιλοτεκνίαν καὶ τέκνων στρέβλασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:25)
  • εἶτά μοι εἰσ τὸ αὐτὸ φέρων συγκαθεῖρξεν τὸ σκῶμμα καὶ τὸν ἰάμβον καὶ κυνισμὸν καὶ τὸν Εὔπολιν καὶ τὸν Ἀριστοφάνη, δεινοὺσ ἄνδρασ ἐπικερτομῆσαι τὰ σεμνὰ καὶ χλευάσαι τὰ ὀρθῶσ ἔχοντα. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:9)
  • ἐξ ὧν οὐ λέγειν δεινοὺσ μόνον ἀπεργάσαιτ’ ἂν τοὺσ προσέχοντασ αὐτῷ τὸν νοῦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἤθη σπουδαίουσ, οἴκῳ τε καὶ πόλει καὶ ὅλῃ τῇ Ἑλλάδι χρησίμουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 45)
  • αὐτὰρ Ἄρηι ῥινοτόρῳ Κυθέρεια Φόβον καὶ Δεῖμον ἔτικτε δεινούσ, οἵτ’ ἀνδρῶν πυκινὰσ κλονέουσι φάλαγγασ ἐν πολέμῳ κρυόεντι σὺν Ἄρηι πτολιπόρθῳ, Ἁρμονίην θ’, ἣν Κάδμοσ ὑπέρθυμοσ θέτ’ ἄκοιτιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 93:2)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. danger

  3. marvelous

  4. wondrous

  5. able

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