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