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|Definition=ή, όν, (<b class="b3">δέος</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>198b</span>) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fearful, terrible;</b> in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις <span class="bibl">Od.12.260</span>; κλαγγή <span class="bibl">Il.1.49</span>; ὅπλα <span class="bibl">10.254</span>: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι <span class="bibl">11.10</span>; βροντᾶν <span class="bibl">20.56</span>; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι <span class="bibl">3.342</span>; παπταίνειν <span class="bibl">Od.11.608</span>; δεινὰ δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών <span class="bibl">Il. 15.13</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἰδέσθαι</b> <b class="b2">fearful</b> to behold, <span class="bibl">Od.22.405</span>; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>141</span>; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>; in milder sense, <b class="b2">awful</b>, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός <span class="bibl">Il.18.394</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.172</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.22</span>, etc.; τὸ δεινόν <b class="b2">danger, suffering, horror</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>634</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">awe, terror</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>517</span>; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>196</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">351</span>: in pl., ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν' ὁρᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>504</span>; εἰ δείν' ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>962</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινὸν γίγνεται μή .</b>. there is <b class="b2">danger</b> that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.157</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν</b> no <b class="b2">fear</b> of their revolting, <span class="bibl">Id.1.155</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινότατον μή .</b>. the <b class="b2">greatest danger</b> lest... <span class="bibl">And.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">δεινόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., it is <b class="b2">dangerous</b> to do, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.87</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι</b> <b class="b2">take ill, complain of, be indignant at</b> a thing: abs., <span class="bibl">Th.1.102</span>, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν <b class="b2">make complaints</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.14</span>,<span class="bibl">5.41</span>; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.9.8</span>; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.61</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὸν</b> or <b class="b3">δεινὰ παθεῖν</b> suffer <b class="b2">illegal, arbitrary</b> treatment, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>317b</span>, etc.; δεινότερα π. <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span>; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.11</span>: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.88</span>, etc. Adv. -νῶς, φέρειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. <b class="b3">γ'; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι</b> I am in <b class="b2">dire</b> straits, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.23</span>; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος <span class="bibl">Lys.3.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">marvellously strong, powerful</b>: <b class="b3">δ. σάκος</b> the <b class="b2">mighty</b> shield, <span class="bibl">Il.7.245</span>; simply, <b class="b2">wondrous, marvellous, strange</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ' ὁμιλία</b> kin and social ties <b class="b2">have strange power</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>39</span>; δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1036</span>; δ. τὸ τίκτειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>770</span>; πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>333</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169c</span>; οἶκτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>298</span>, etc.; δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 298c</span>; δ. γ' εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1127</span>; freq. <b class="b3">δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ .</b>. it were <b class="b2">strange</b> that... as <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>592</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-νῶς</b> <b class="b2">marvellously, exceedingly</b>, <b class="b3">δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>,<span class="bibl">149</span>; δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.3.152</span>; δ. πώς εἰμ' ἐπιλήσμων <span class="bibl">Metag.2</span>, etc.: Comp. <b class="b3">-οτέρως</b> Sch. Min.<span class="bibl">Il.7.97</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">clever, skilful</b>, first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.23</span> <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός;</b> of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>440</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>806</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.12</span>; σοφὸς καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>341a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">σοφός</b>, of <b class="b2">practical ability</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>164d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἰδιώτης</b>, <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>59</span>; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>373</span>; <b class="b3">δ. λέγειν</b> <b class="b2">clever</b> at speaking, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>545</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. εἰπεῖν</b> is rare, <span class="bibl">D.20.150</span>; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>243</span>; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">D.1.3</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη</b> are <b class="b2">wonderfully liable</b> to... <span class="bibl">Id.2.20</span>: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>364</span>; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>304d</span>; ἐς τὰ πάντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>968</span>; <b class="b3">δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>531a</span>; δ. ἀμφί τι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.5</span>; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.1</span>; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης <span class="bibl">Timocl.4.7</span> (but also of the <b class="b2">forcible, vehement</b>, style in oratory, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>240</span>, al.); in bad sense, <b class="b2">over-clever</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3c</span>; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>176d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1144a27</span>. (For <b class="b3">δϝεινός</b>, cf. | |Definition=ή, όν, (<b class="b3">δέος</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>198b</span>) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fearful, terrible;</b> in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις <span class="bibl">Od.12.260</span>; κλαγγή <span class="bibl">Il.1.49</span>; ὅπλα <span class="bibl">10.254</span>: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι <span class="bibl">11.10</span>; βροντᾶν <span class="bibl">20.56</span>; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι <span class="bibl">3.342</span>; παπταίνειν <span class="bibl">Od.11.608</span>; δεινὰ δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών <span class="bibl">Il. 15.13</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἰδέσθαι</b> <b class="b2">fearful</b> to behold, <span class="bibl">Od.22.405</span>; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>141</span>; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>; in milder sense, <b class="b2">awful</b>, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός <span class="bibl">Il.18.394</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.172</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.22</span>, etc.; τὸ δεινόν <b class="b2">danger, suffering, horror</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>634</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">awe, terror</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>517</span>; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>196</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">351</span>: in pl., ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν' ὁρᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>504</span>; εἰ δείν' ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>962</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινὸν γίγνεται μή .</b>. there is <b class="b2">danger</b> that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.157</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν</b> no <b class="b2">fear</b> of their revolting, <span class="bibl">Id.1.155</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινότατον μή .</b>. the <b class="b2">greatest danger</b> lest... <span class="bibl">And.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">δεινόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., it is <b class="b2">dangerous</b> to do, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.87</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι</b> <b class="b2">take ill, complain of, be indignant at</b> a thing: abs., <span class="bibl">Th.1.102</span>, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν <b class="b2">make complaints</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.14</span>,<span class="bibl">5.41</span>; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.9.8</span>; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.61</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὸν</b> or <b class="b3">δεινὰ παθεῖν</b> suffer <b class="b2">illegal, arbitrary</b> treatment, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>317b</span>, etc.; δεινότερα π. <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span>; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.11</span>: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.88</span>, etc. Adv. -νῶς, φέρειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. <b class="b3">γ'; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι</b> I am in <b class="b2">dire</b> straits, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.23</span>; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος <span class="bibl">Lys.3.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">marvellously strong, powerful</b>: <b class="b3">δ. σάκος</b> the <b class="b2">mighty</b> shield, <span class="bibl">Il.7.245</span>; simply, <b class="b2">wondrous, marvellous, strange</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ' ὁμιλία</b> kin and social ties <b class="b2">have strange power</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>39</span>; δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1036</span>; δ. τὸ τίκτειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>770</span>; πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>333</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169c</span>; οἶκτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>298</span>, etc.; δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 298c</span>; δ. γ' εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1127</span>; freq. <b class="b3">δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ .</b>. it were <b class="b2">strange</b> that... as <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>592</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-νῶς</b> <b class="b2">marvellously, exceedingly</b>, <b class="b3">δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>,<span class="bibl">149</span>; δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.3.152</span>; δ. πώς εἰμ' ἐπιλήσμων <span class="bibl">Metag.2</span>, etc.: Comp. <b class="b3">-οτέρως</b> Sch. Min.<span class="bibl">Il.7.97</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">clever, skilful</b>, first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.23</span> <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός;</b> of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>440</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>806</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.12</span>; σοφὸς καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>341a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">σοφός</b>, of <b class="b2">practical ability</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>164d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἰδιώτης</b>, <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>59</span>; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>373</span>; <b class="b3">δ. λέγειν</b> <b class="b2">clever</b> at speaking, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>545</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. εἰπεῖν</b> is rare, <span class="bibl">D.20.150</span>; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>243</span>; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">D.1.3</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη</b> are <b class="b2">wonderfully liable</b> to... <span class="bibl">Id.2.20</span>: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>364</span>; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>304d</span>; ἐς τὰ πάντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>968</span>; <b class="b3">δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>531a</span>; δ. ἀμφί τι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.5</span>; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.1</span>; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης <span class="bibl">Timocl.4.7</span> (but also of the <b class="b2">forcible, vehement</b>, style in oratory, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>240</span>, al.); in bad sense, <b class="b2">over-clever</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3c</span>; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>176d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1144a27</span>. (For <b class="b3">δϝεινός</b>, cf. [[Δϝενία]], gen. of pr.n. <b class="b3">Δεινίας</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>4.858.)</span> | ||
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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 δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών Il. 15.13; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od.22.405; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν S.OC141; 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 δείν' ὁρᾶν Id.Ph.504; εἰ δείν' 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.AJ18.9.8; 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. γ'; 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 θ' 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. γ' 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 εἰμ' 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. OC806, 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.OT545, 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, Ion531a; δ. ἀμφί τι Arr.Tact.9.5; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν Ael.VH3.1; 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.EN1144a27. (For δϝεινός, cf. Δϝενία, gen. of pr.n. Δεινίας, IG4.858.)
