δεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, ([[δέος]], cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>198b</span>) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fearful]], [[terrible]]; in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις <span class="bibl">Od.12.260</span>; κλαγγή <span class="bibl">Il.1.49</span>; ὅπλα <span class="bibl">10.254</span>: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι <span class="bibl">11.10</span>; βροντᾶν <span class="bibl">20.56</span>; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι <span class="bibl">3.342</span>; παπταίνειν <span class="bibl">Od.11.608</span>; δεινὰ δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών <span class="bibl">Il. 15.13</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἰδέσθαι</b> [[fearful]] to [[behold]], <span class="bibl">Od.22.405</span>; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>141</span>; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>; in milder sense, [[awful]], δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός <span class="bibl">Il.18.394</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.172</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.22</span>, etc.; τὸ δεινόν [[danger]], [[suffering]], [[horror]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>634</span>, etc.; [[awe]], [[terror]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>517</span>; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>196</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">351</span>: in plural, ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν' ὁρᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>504</span>; εἰ δείν' ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>962</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινὸν γίγνεται μή .</b>. there is [[danger]] that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.157</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν</b> no [[fear]] of their revolting, <span class="bibl">Id.1.155</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δεινότατον μή .</b>. the [[greatest danger]] lest... <span class="bibl">And.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">δεινόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., it is [[dangerous]] to do, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.87</span>; [[δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι]] = [[take ill]], [[complain of]], [[be indignant at]] a thing: abs., <span class="bibl">Th.1.102</span>, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν [[make complaints]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.14</span>,<span class="bibl">5.41</span>; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.9.8</span>; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.61</span>; [[δεινὸν παθεῖν]] or [[δεινὰ παθεῖν]] = [[suffer]] [[illegal]], [[arbitrary]] [[treatment]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>317b</span>, etc.; δεινότερα π. <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span>; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.11</span>: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ… <span class="bibl">And.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.88</span>, etc. Adv. [[δεινῶς]], [[φέρειν]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. <b class="b3">γ'; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι</b> I am in [[dire]] straits, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.23</span>; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος <span class="bibl">Lys.3.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[marvellously strong]], [[powerful]]: <b class="b3">δ. σάκος</b> the [[mighty]] shield, <span class="bibl">Il.7.245</span>; simply, [[wondrous]], [[marvellous]], [[strange]], <b class="b3">τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ' ὁμιλία</b> kin and social ties [[have strange power]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>39</span>; δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1036</span>; δ. τὸ τίκτειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>770</span>; πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>333</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169c</span>; οἶκτος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>298</span>, etc.; δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 298c</span>; δ. γ' εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1127</span>; freq. <b class="b3">δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ .</b>. it were [[strange]] that... as <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>592</span>. Adv. [[δεινῶς]] = [[marvellously]], [[exceedingly]], <b class="b3">δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>,<span class="bibl">149</span>; δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.3.152</span>; δ. πώς εἰμ' ἐπιλήσμων <span class="bibl">Metag.2</span>, etc.: Comp. <b class="b3">δεινοτέρως</b> Sch. Min.<span class="bibl">Il.7.97</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[clever]], [[skilful]], first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.23</span> <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός;</b> of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ… δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>440</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>806</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.12</span>; σοφὸς καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>341a</span>; opp. [[σοφός]], of [[practical ability]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>164d</span>; opp. [[ἰδιώτης]], <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: c. inf., δεινὸς εὑρεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>59</span>; δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>373</span>; <b class="b3">δ. λέγειν</b> [[clever]] at speaking, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>545</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. εἰπεῖν</b> is rare, <span class="bibl">D.20.150</span>; νόσος δ. φαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>243</span>; δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">D.1.3</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη</b> are [[wonderfully]] [[liable]] to... <span class="bibl">Id.2.20</span>: c. acc., δ. τὴν τέχνην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>364</span>; δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>304d</span>; ἐς τὰ πάντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>968</span>; <b class="b3">δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>531a</span>; δ. ἀμφί τι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.5</span>; δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.1</span>; ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης <span class="bibl">Timocl.4.7</span> (but also of the [[forcible]], [[vehement]], style in oratory, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>240</span>, al.); in bad sense, [[over-clever]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3c</span>; δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>176d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1144a27</span>. (For [[δϝεινός]], cf. [[Δϝενία]], gen. of pr.n. [[Δεινίας]], <span class="title">IG</span>4.858.)</span>