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δεινός

deinos

fearful, terrible

Appears 246 times across Plato's dialogues.

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δεινός, ή, όν, (δέος, cf. Pl. La. 198b) A. fearful, terrible; in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις Od. 12.260; κλαγγή Il. 1.49; ὅπλα 10.254: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι 11.10; βροντᾶν 20.56; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι 3.342; παπταίνειν Od. 11.608; δεινὰ δʼ ὑποδρὰ ἰδών Il. 15.13; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od. 22.405; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν S. OC 141; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι Th. 1.122; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος And. 1.30; in milder sense, awful, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός Il. 18.394, cf. 3.172, Od. 8.22, etc.; τὸ δεινόν danger, suffering, horror, A. Ch. 634, etc.; awe, terror, Id. Eu. 517; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ S. Fr. 196; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι ib.351: in pl., ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείνʼ ὁρᾶν Id. Ph. 504; εἰ δείνʼ ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ Id. Fr. 962, etc.; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή . . there is danger that . ., Hdt. 7.157; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, Id. 1.155, etc.; δεινότατον μή . . the greatest danger lest . ., And. 3.1; δεινόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is dangerous to do, Lys. 12.87; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: abs., Th. 1.102, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι Hdt. 1.127, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν make complaints, Id. 3.14,5.41; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι J. AJ 18.9.8; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι Hdt. 1.61; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, Ar. Ra. 252, cf. Pl. Prt. 317b, etc.; δεινότερα π. Th. 3.13; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι Hdt. 7.11: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . And. 1.30, Lys. 12.88, etc. Adv. -νῶς, φέρειν Hdt. 2.121.γʹ; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, Antipho 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ X. An. 6.4.23; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος Lys. 3.27. II. marvellously strong, powerful: δ. σάκος the mighty shield, Il. 7.245; simply, wondrous, marvellous, strange, τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θʼ ὁμιλία kin and social ties have strange power, A. Pr. 39; δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον Id. Th. 1036; δ. τὸ τίκτειν S. El. 770; πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει. Id. Ant. 333; δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, Hdt. 9.3, Pl. Tht. 169c; οἶκτος S. Tr. 298, etc.; δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα Pl. Euthd. 298c; δ. γʼ εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών S. Aj. 1127; freq. δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . it were strange that . ., as E. Hec. 592. Adv. -νῶς marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος, Hdt. 2.76,149; δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι Id. 3.152; δ. πώς εἰμʼ ἐπιλήσμων Metag. 2, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως Sch. Min.Il. 7.97. III. clever, skilful, first in Hdt. 5.23 ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός; of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ S. Ph. 440, cf. OC 806, Antipho 2.2.3, Lys. 7.12; σοφὸς καὶ δ. Pl. Prt. 341a; opp. σοφός, of practical ability, Id. Phdr. 245c, Tht. 164d; opp. ἰδιώτης, D. 4.35: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν A. Pr. 59; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι Id. Fr. 373; δ. λέγειν clever at speaking, S. OT 545, etc.; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, D. 20.150; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν Ar. Nu. 243; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D. 1.3; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are wonderfully liable to . ., Id. 2.20: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην Ar. Ec. 364; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl. Euthd. 304d; ἐς τὰ πάντα Ar. Ra. 968; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, Pl. R. 405c, Ion 531a; δ. ἀμφί τι Arr. Tact. 9.5; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν Ael. VH 3.1; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης Timocl. 4.7 (but also of the forcible, vehement, style in oratory, Demetr. Eloc. 240, al.); in bad sense, over-clever, Pl. Euthphr. 3c; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας Id. Tht. 176d, cf. Arist. EN 1144a27. (For δϝεινός, cf. Δϝενία, gen. of pr.n. Δεινίας, IG 4.858.)
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