δειλός
deilos
cowardly
Appears 37 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δειλός, ή, όν, (δέος): I. of persons, cowardly, opp. ἄλκιμος, Il. 13.278; opp. ἀνδρεῖος, Phdr. 239a, etc.: hence, vile, worthless, Il. 1.293; δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι Od. 8.351; opp. ἐσθλός, lowborn, mean, Fr. 164; πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ 1.50; ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν 289; of animals, 3.108: c.gen., δειλὸς μυάγρης afraid of . ., AP 9.410 (Tull. Sab.): c.inf., ib.6.232 (). Adv.-λῶς Adon. 15, 2.26b. 2. more commonly, miserable, wretched, with a compassionate sense, δειλοὶ βροτοί poor mortals! Il. 22.31, al.; ἆ δειλέ poor wretch! ἆ δειλοί poor wretches! 17.201, Od. 20.351; ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων 14.361; Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο Il. 17.670. II. of things, miserable, wretched, γῆρας Op. 113; δ. δʼ ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ ib.369; τὰ δ. κέρδη Ant. 326; ἔργα, λόγος, etc., 307, Andr. 757, etc.: Comp., 2.1: Sup., Pl. 123: neut. pl. as Adv., ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωΐλος PIand. 11.4 (iii A.D.).—Trag. use δειλός chiefly in former sense, δείλαιος in latter.
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