δεινόω
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
A make terrible: exaggerate, ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον πάντα δεινώσας Th. 8.74; δεινῶσαι τὰς συμφοράς Plu.Per.28.
German (Pape)
[Seite 539] schrecklich, groß machen, übertreiben, ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον πάντα Thuc. 8, 74; Plut. Pericl. 28.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δεινόω: ποιῶ τι δεινόν, ἐξογκώνω, μεγαλώνω, παριστάνω ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον, ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον πάντα δεινώσας Θουκ. 8. 74· δεινῶσαι τὰς συμφορὰς Πλούτ. Περικλ. 28.
