δέος?
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration: deos
Principal Part:
δέος
Structure:
δεο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: rare in pl. δέη
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.
- περιεκέχυτο γὰρ περὶ τὸν ἄνδρα δέος τι καὶ φρικασμὸς σώματος, δἰ ὧν πρόδηλον ἐγίνετο τοῖς θεωροῦσι τὸ κατὰ καρδίαν ἐνεστὸς ἄλγος. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:17)
- καὶ νῦν, δυνάστα τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀπόστειλον ἄγγελον ἀγαθὸν ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν εἰς δέος καὶ τρόμον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:23)
- τῷ λόγῳ δὲ νῦν ἂν μάλιστα ἀνηβᾶν καὶ ἀνθεῖν καὶ ἀκμάζειν καθ ὡρ´αν εἰή καὶ ἕλκειν τῶν ὤτων ὅσους ἂν πλείστους δύνηται, καὶ τοξεύειν πολλάκις, ὡς οὐδέν γε δέος μὴ κενωθεὶς λάθοι ὁ γωρυτὸς αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:2)
- δέος δὲ οὐ μικρόν μοι ἐπὶ τούτοις τῆς ἀποθλίψεως ἐπέρχεται τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ: (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 2:2)
- λύων γὰρ τὰ πεπεμμένα βιβλία καὶ ἀναγιγνώσκων, εἴ τι εὑρ´οι ἐπισφαλὲς καὶ παρακεκινδυνευμένον ἐν ταῖς ἐρωτήσεσιν, κατεῖχεν αὐτὸς καὶ οὐκ ἀπέπεμπεν, ὡς ὑποχειρίους καὶ μονονουχὶ δούλους διὰ τὸ δέος ἔχοι τοὺς πεπομφότας, μεμνημένους οἱᾶ ἦν ἃ ἤροντο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 32:2)
Synonyms
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fear
- ἐκφοβέω (to frighten away, affright, so as to cause alarm)
- δεῖμα (fear, affright)
- ὄκνος (alarm, fear)
- κατορρωδέω (to be afraid, be in 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)