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.
- 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’ ὡρ́αν 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 εὑρ́οι 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
-
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)