δεινός

English (LSJ)

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.)