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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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δέος	δέει	δέη
Genitive	δέους	δοῦιν	δεέων
Dative	δέει	δοῦιν	δέεσιν*
Accusative	δέος	δέει	δέη
Vocative	δέος	δέει	δέη

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

οἱ δὲ τὸν Κύριον εὐλόγουν τὸν παραδοξάζοντα τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον, καὶ τὸ μικρῷ πρότερον δέουσ καὶ ταραχῆσ γέμον ἱερὸν τοῦ παντοκράτοροσ ἐπιφανέντοσ Κυρίου χαρᾶσ καὶ εὐφροσύνησ ἐπεπλήρωτο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:30)
ἐπιφανείσησ δὲ τῆσ Ἰούδα σπείρασ πρώτησ καὶ γενομένου δέουσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, φόβου τε ἐκ τῆσ τοῦ πάντα ἐφορῶντοσ ἐπιφανείασ γενομένου ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ, εἰσ φυγὴν ὥρμησαν ἄλλοσ ἀλλαχῇ φερόμενοσ, ὥστε πολλάκισ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων βλάπτεσθαι καὶ ταῖσ τῶν ξιφῶν ἀκμαῖσ ἀναπείρεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:22)
καὶ τὸ τέλοσ τὴν παρεμβολὴν δέουσ καὶ ταραχῆσ ἐπλήρωσαν καὶ ἐξέλυσαν εὐημεροῦντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:16)
τότε οὖν ἐγὼ τὴν σύριγγα λαβών, ἀποβεβλήκει γὰρ αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ δέουσ ‐ ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὁ διαιτητὴσ οὑτοσὶ πλησίον, ὥστε προσείπωμεν αὐτόν. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 6:5)
εἶθ’ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν ὑπέδυ τράγον, ὁ δὲ κριὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ δέουσ, ὁ δὲ θηρίον ἢ ὄρνεον διὸ δὴ εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν φυλάττεσθαι τὰσ τότε μορφὰσ τοῖσ θεοῖσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 14:3)

Synonyms

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)

δέω (I bind)
δέον (That which is binding)
κινδυνευτέος (one must venture)
ὄφελος (furtherance)
πολυαρχία (the government of many)
κινδύνευμα (a risk)
ὑπόψιος (viewed from beneath)
ἀντιβαίνω (to go against)
κατασκευαστέος (one must prepare or make)
ἔφορμος (at anchor)
προυπάρχω (to be beforehand in)
φιλοψυχία (love of life)
δυσέλπιστος (unhoped for)
εὐκταῖος (of or for prayer)
παραπίπτω (to fall beside)
φόβος (fear)
φρονητέος (one must think)
ἐπικρύπτω (to throw a cloak over)
ἐκκρούω (to knock out)
εὐεπίθετος (easy to set upon or attack)
δυσαπάλλακτος (hard to get rid of)
πάραυτα (in like manner)
τεχνάζω (to employ art)
ἀναγκαῖος (with or by force)
ἀναγκαῖον (a place of constraint)
φιλόχρηστος (loving goodness or honesty)
ἀκατάλλακτος (irreconcileable)
ἀντιπίπτω (to fall against)
φορητός (borne)
ἐξαιρετέος (to be taken out or removed)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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δέος

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awe

reason for fear

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δέος

Sense

Declension

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fear

awe

reason for fear

Related

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