δεῖνα
Βίον πορίζου πάντοθεν πλὴν ἐκ κακῶν → Omni arte vitam quaere, dum ne ars sit mala → Ernähre dich auf jede Art, sofern sie gut
English (LSJ)
ὁ, ἡ, τό, gen. δεῖνος, dat. δεῖνι, acc. δεῖνα: sts. indecl. (v. infr.): nom. δεῖν, ὁ, Sophr.58: gen. and dat. τοῦ δείνατος, τῷ δείνατι, A.D.Pron.60.12, EM614.51:—
A such an one, so-and-so, always with Art., ὁ δεῖνα Ar.Ra.918, etc.; τὸν δεῖνα τὸν τοῦ δεῖνα Id.Th.622; ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος τὸν δεῖν' εἰσήγγειλεν D.13.5; ἃ ἂν ὁ δ. ἢ ὁ δ. εἴπῃ Id.2.31; ὁ δ. καὶ ὁ δ. Arist.Rh.1416a23; ἡ δεῖνα Ant.Lib.22; τὸ δ., euphem. for τὸ πέος, Ar.Ach.1149, cf. Sch.Luc.Bis Acc.23; τὸ δ. δ' ἐσθίεις; do you eat such a fish? Antiph.129.6: in gen., ἐμὸς ἢ τοῦ δεῖνος mine or some other's, Arist.Pol.1262a3: dat., τῷ δεῖνι μεμφόμενος D.20.104, cf. 37.56: pl., οἱ δεῖνες Id.24.180; τῶν δείνων Id.20.106. II τὸ δ. in Com. as an interjection to express an idea which suddenly strikes one, by the way, mark you, Ar.V.524, Pax 268, etc.: in later Prose, Luc.Vit.Auct.19.
