δεῖνα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, τό, gen. <b class="b3">δεῖνος</b>, dat. <b class="b3">δεῖνι</b>, acc. <b class="b3">δεῖνα</b>: sts. indecl. (v. infr.): nom. δεῖν, ὁ, <span class="bibl">Sophr.58</span>: gen. and dat. <b class="b3">τοῦ δείνατος, τῷ δείνατι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>60.12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>614.51</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">such an one, so-and-so</b>, always with Art., ὁ δεῖνα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>918</span>, etc.; τὸν δεῖνα τὸν τοῦ δεῖνα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>622</span>; ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος τὸν δεῖν' εἰσήγγειλεν <span class="bibl">D.13.5</span>; ἃ ἂν ὁ δ. ἢ ὁ δ. εἴπῃ <span class="bibl">Id.2.31</span>; ὁ δ. καὶ ὁ δ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1416a23</span>; ἡ δεῖνα <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.22</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δ</b>., euphem. for <b class="b3">τὸ πέος</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1149</span>, cf. Sch.Luc.Bis Acc.23; <b class="b3">τὸ δ. δ' ἐσθίεις;</b> do you eat <b class="b2">such a fish?</b> <span class="bibl">Antiph.129.6</span>: in gen., <b class="b3">ἐμὸς ἢ τοῦ δεῖνος</b> mine or <b class="b2">some other's</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1262a3</span>: dat., τῷ δεῖνι μεμφόμενος <span class="bibl">D.20.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">37.56</span>: pl., οἱ δεῖνες <span class="bibl">Id.24.180</span>; τῶν δείνων <span class="bibl">Id.20.106</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τὸ δ</b>. in Com. as an interjection to express an idea which suddenly strikes one, [[by the way]], [[mark you]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>524</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 268</span>, etc.: in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>19</span>.</span>

|etymtx=ὁ (<b class="b3">ἡ</b>, <b class="b3">τό</b>)<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">N. N., so-and-so</b> (Att.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">τοῦ δεῖνος</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δεῖνες</b> etc., sometimes indecl. <b class="b3">τοῦ δεῖνα</b> (more forms in Schwyzer 612), always with article<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The explanation from plur. <b class="b3">*τάδε ἔνα</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἐκεῖνος</b>) <b class="b2">this (and) that</b> > <b class="b3">*ταδεῖνα</b>, with anal. <b class="b3">ὁ δεῖνα</b> is now given up. The singular forms are much more usual than the plural forms. - S. Belardi, Doxa 3, 202f., Moorhouse Lang. 23 (1947) 207ff. Biraud, Nomina rerum 57-69: [[de]] + <b class="b2">en-α</b> <b class="b2">so-und-so</b>.