δεινότης
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A terribleness, Th.3.59,4.10; harshness, severity, νόμων Id.3.46. II cleverness, shrewdness, D.18.144, Arist. EN1144a23; opp. ἀλήθεια, Antipho5.5; esp. in an orator, Th.3.37, D.18.242,277; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ. Isoc.1.4; δεινότητα λόγου ἐπιδείκνυσθαι Plu.Pomp.77. III Rhet., intensity, forcefulness, D.H. Comp.18, Th.53, al., Longin.34.4, Hermog.Id.2.9, al.: pl., Demetr. Eloc.243.
German (Pape)
[Seite 539] ητος, ἡ, das Furchtbare, Schreckliche, Härte, Thuc. 3, 59. 64; εἱργμοῦ Plat. Phaed. 82 e. – Gew. Tüchtigkeit, Geschicklichkeit, Klugheit, δεινότητες καὶ σοφίαι Plat. Theaet. 176 e; vgl. Arist. Eth. 6, 12, 8; bes. vom Redner, kraftvolle Beredtsamkeit, Thuc. 3, 37 u. A.; genauer ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους δ. od. ἡ ἐν λόγοις δ., wie δ. λόγου, Plut. Pomp. 77; vgl. D. Hal. iud. Thuc. 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δεινότης: -ητος, ἡ, (δεινὸς) φοβερότης, Θουκ. 4.10· τραχύτης, αὐστηρότης, τὸ ἄκαμπτον, νόμων ὁ αὐτ. 3. 46, πρβλ. 59. ΙΙ. φυσικὴ ἱκανότης, δεξιότης, εὐφυΐα, πανουργία, Δημ. 275. 28, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 6. 13· ἀντίθ. τῷ ἀλήθεια, Ἀντιφῶν 129, ἐν τέλει· ἰδίως παρὰ ῥήτορσι, Θουκ. 3. 37, Δημ. 307. 27., 318. 9· ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ. Ἰσοκρ. 1D.
