δειλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (δέος): <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[cowardly]], opp. [[ἄλκιμος]], <span class="bibl">Il. 13.278</span>; opp. [[ἀνδρεῖος]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>239a</span>, etc.: hence, [[vile]], [[worthless]], <span class="bibl">Il. 1.293</span>; δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι <span class="bibl">Od.8.351</span>; opp. [[ἐσθλός]], [[lowborn]], [[mean]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>164</span>; πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ <span class="bibl">B. 1.50</span>; ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν <span class="bibl">Eup.289</span>; of animals, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span>: c.gen., δειλὸς μυάγρης [[afraid of]].., AP9.410 (Tull. Sab.): c.inf., ib.6.232 (Crin.). Adv. [[δειλῶς]] Theoc.<span class="title">Adon.</span>15, Plu.2.26b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> more commonly, [[miserable]], [[wretched]], with a [[compassionate]] sense, [[δειλοὶ βροτοί]] = [[poor mortals]]! <span class="bibl">Il.22.31</span>, al.; [[ἆ δειλέ]] = [[poor wretch]]!, [[ἆ δειλοί]] = [[poor wretches]]! <span class="bibl">17.201</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.351</span>; ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων <span class="bibl">14.361</span>; Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.17.670</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[miserable]], [[wretched]], γῆρας <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>113</span>; [[δειλὴ δ' ἐν πυθμένι φειδώ]] = [[thrift in the lees is worthless]], [[sera parsimonia in fundo est]] ib.<span class="bibl">369</span>; τὰ δ. κέρδη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>326</span>; [[ἔργα]], [[λόγος]], etc., <span class="bibl">Thgn.307</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>757</span>, etc.: Comp., Longin.2.1: Sup., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>123</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωΐλος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PIand.</span> 11.4</span> (iii A.D.).—Trag. use [[δειλός]] chiefly in former sense, [[δείλαιος]] in latter.</span>