δείδω
deido
fear
Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δείδω, (for δε-δϝοy-α) 1st sg. pf. in pres. sense, Il. 14.44, Od. 5.300 (δείδιτε should prob. be restored for δείδετε in AP 9.147 ()): fut. δείσομαι Il. 15.299, etc.; later δείσω 4.36, etc.: aor. ἔδεισα, in ἔδδεισα (i.e. ἔδϝεισα, cf. ὑποδδείσας, = ὑποδϝείσας): aor. 2 δίον Il. 22.251 (v. infr. 7), 3sg. δίε 5.566; pf. δέδοικα, ας, ε, (in pres. sense), freq. in sg., 39, Pers. 751, Eq. 38, etc.; rare in pl., δεδοίκαμεν 534.11, Charid. 24, -κατε Ec. 181; Ep. δείδοικα (i.e. δε-δϝ-) Il. 1.555, al.; subj. δεδοίκωσι Art. 37; inf. δεδοικέναι Supp. 548, V. 1091, Ax. 372, etc.; part. -κώς 43, Pax 607, 1.107, etc.: plpf. in impf. sense, Pl. 684, R. 472a, etc.; 3pl. -οίκεσαν 4.27, An. 3.5.18 :— also δέδια Pr. 184 (lyr.), OC 1469 (lyr.), commonly used in Prose, 14.4, Prom.Es 5, etc.; δέδιε 33.6, 223.13; pl. δέδιμεν, δέδιτε, 3.53,56, 4.126, etc.; δεδίασι Eq. 224, Ap. 29a, etc. (once in , Il. 24.663); Ep. δείδια ib.13.49, al., 3sg. δείδιε Od. 16.306; pl. δείδῐμεν Il. 9.230, etc.; δείδῐτε APl.c. (v. supr.); imper. δέδῐθι Eq. 230, V. 273, Ep. δείδῐθι Il. 5.827, etc.; later δείδῑθι Al. 443 (δείδιχθι cod. opt.), δέδῑθι 75.2 codd.; subj. δεδίη Ath. 1.11; δεδίωσι 4.156, etc.; inf. δεδιέναι 1.136, Phd. 88b, etc., Ep. δειδίμεν (to be distd. from 1pl. indic. δείδιμεν) Od. 9.274, 10.381; part. δεδιώς Ec. 643, Pl..448, 6.24, etc., fem. δεδιυῖα prob. in Phdr. 254e, Ep. acc. δειδιότα, pl. -ιότες, -ιότων, -ιότας, Il. 6.137, etc.: plpf. ἐδεδίειν, εις, ει, Lyc. 6, 34.27, etc.; Ep. 3sg. δείδιε Il. 18.34; 3pl. ἐδεδίεσαν 4.55 codd., An. 5.7.36, ἐδέδισαν Lg. 685c; Ep. 1pl. ἐδείδιμεν Il. 6.99, 3pl. ἐδείδισαν 5.790, al., δείδισαν 15.652 (hence in late Ep., impf. ἐδείδιου, -ιες, -ιε, 10.450, D. 2.608, 35.30):—Α. in Prose the shorter forms are generally preferred:—fear, distd. from φοβέομαι (v. δέος): Construct.: 1. abs., , etc. 2. folld. by a Prep., δ. περί τινι to be alarmed, anxious about . ., Il. 17.242, 5.566, etc.; ἀμφί τινι Pr. 184(lyr.); τῆς τυραννίδος πέρι Supp. 446; ὑπέρ τινος 1.74; δ. ἐκ τῶν ὕπνων 5.52.13; θορύβῳ Dem. 9. 3. folld. by a relat. clause, mostly with μή . ., and folld. by subj., Il. 1.555, etc.; rarely by indic., δείδω μὴ . . νημερτέα εἶπεν Od. 5.300; ὃν δέδοικʼ ἐγὼ μή μοι βεβήκη Ph. 493, cf. OT 767, 6.88; δέδοιχʼ ὅπως μὴ . . ἀναρρήξει κακά, = δέδοικα μή . ., OT 1074, cf. 8.53, 9.75, Eq. 112; μὴ δείσῃς ποθʼ ὡς . . ὄψεται El. 1309; δ. μὴ οὐ, folld. by subj., δέδιμεν μὴ οὐ βέβαιοι ἦτε 3.57, cf. 7.163, Mem. 2.3.10, Andr. 626, etc.; also δ. ὅπως λάθω IT 995; μὴ δείσητε ὡς οὐχ ἡδέως καθευδήσετε Cyr. 6.2.30. 4. c. inf., fear to do, δεῖσαν δʼ ὑποδέχθαι Il. 7.93, 1.136: c. acc. et inf., δ. νέμεσιν ἔσεσθαι Od. 22.40; θανεῖν σε δείσας Ion 1564: c. inf. Pass., οὐκ ἐδεδίεσαν βασανισθῆναι 13.27. 5. c. acc., fear, dread, Δία Od. 14.389; σημάντορας ib.4.431, etc.; τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον OT 448; τοὺς γονέας R. 562e; coupled with φοβοῦμαι, τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἡγούμενοι ἅπερ ἐδεδίεσαν φοβεῖσθαι 4.117; οὐδὲ δέδοικα οὐδὲ φοβοῦμαι τὸν μέλλοντα ἀγῶνα 21.200, cf. 12.48, Euthphr. 12b, 12c. 6. part. pf., τὸ δεδιός oneʼs fearing, much like δέος, 1.36. 7. flee from, c. acc. (by assimilation to φοβήσομαι), Il. 22.251.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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