δέος
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
δέος
Structure:
δεο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: rare in pl. de/h
Sense
- fear, alarm, affright, to be dead afraid
- awe, reverence
- reason for fear, a means of inspiring fear
Declension
Third declension
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.
- βαδίσασ ἐκκλησίασον τοὺσ Ἰουδαίουσ τοὺσ ἐν Σούσοισ καὶ νηστεύσατε ἐπ̓ ἐμοὶ καὶ μὴ φάγητε μηδὲ πίητε ἐπὶ ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, κἀγὼ δὲ καὶ αἱ ἅβραι μου ἀσιτήσομεν, καὶ τότε εἰσελεύσομαι πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα παρὰ τὸν νόμον, ἐὰν καὶ ἀπολέσθαι με δέῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:15)
- υἱῷ καὶ γυναικί, ἀδελφῷ καὶ φίλῳ μὴ δῷσ ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ σὲ ἐν ζωῇ σου. καὶ μὴ δῷσ ἑτέρῳ τὰ χρήματά σου, ἵνα μὴ μεταμεληθεὶσ δέῃ περὶ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 33:20)
- ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοισ δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπωσ χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν παρελθὼν δέ τισ εἰσ τὸ μέσον τῶν μεμαθηκότων φλεβότομον εὖ μάλα ἠκονημένον ἔχων ἰοῦ τἄλλα μεστὸν ἀπήλλαξε τῆσ ὀδύνησ τὸν νοσοῦντα. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 29:2)
- μεμνήσεται δ’ οὖν μικρὸν ὕστερον τοῦ Σόλωνοσ, ὅταν αὐτὸν δέῃ ἁλόντα ἐπὶ τὴν πυρὰν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κύρου ἀναχθῆναι· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:2)
- μέχρι τοῦ πλαγίου καλάμου καὶ τῆσ σύριγγοσ ἐγὼ σοφόσ, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα αἰπόλοσ καὶ χορευτὴσ καὶ πολεμιστήσ, ἢν δέῃ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:7)
Synonyms
-
fear
-
awe
- τάρβος (awe, reverence, for)
- φόβος (awe, reverence)
- ταρβέω (to stand in awe of, revere)
- ἐποπίζομαι (to regard with awe, to reverence)
- ἄγος (awe, reverence, dread)
- σεμνός (revered, august, holy)
- σέβας (reverential awe, a feeling of awe, reverence)
-
reason for fear
- ἀπορέω (to be at a loss by reason of, by means)
