δείλαιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (ος, ον <span class="title">IG</span>14.1722.7), lengthd. form of [[δειλός]] (q.v.): —<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wretched]], [[sorry]], [[paltry]], not in Hom., freq. in Trag., esp. of persons, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>580</span> (lyr.), etc.; δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1347</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δ. χάρις</b> a [[sorry]] kindness, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>517</span>; <b class="b3">δ. σποδός</b> [[paltry]] dust, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>758</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.145</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>513</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>1311</span> (lyr.); γῆρας <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hec.</span>156</span> (lyr.): sts. found in Com. (v. infr.) and Prose, <span class="bibl">Lys.24.23</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.172</span>: in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.29b</span>. (The penult. is short in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1311</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>849</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>279</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>139</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>165</span>, etc.)</span>