δεινότης

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.