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.

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.