δειλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=δειλή, δειλόν, ([[δέος]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[cowardly]], opp. [[ἄλκιμος]], Il. 13.278; opp. [[ἀνδρεῖος]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''239a, etc.: hence, [[vile]], [[worthless]], Il. 1.293; δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι Od.8.351; opp. [[ἐσθλός]], [[lowborn]], [[mean]], Hes.''Fr.''164; πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ B. 1.50; ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν Eup.289; of animals, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.108: c.gen., δειλὸς μυάγρης [[afraid of]].., AP9.410 (Tull. Sab.): c.inf., ib.6.232 (Crin.). Adv. [[δειλῶς]] Theoc.''Adon.''15, Plu.2.26b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> more commonly, [[miserable]], [[wretched]], with a [[compassionate]] sense, [[δειλοὶ βροτοί]] = [[poor mortals]]! Il.22.31, al.; [[ἆ δειλέ]] = [[poor wretch]]!, [[ἆ δειλοί]] = [[poor wretches]]! 17.201, Od.20.351; ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων 14.361; Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο Il.17.670.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[miserable]], [[wretched]], γῆρας Hes.''Op.''113; [[δειλὴ δ' ἐν πυθμένι φειδώ]] = [[thrift in the lees is worthless]], [[sera parsimonia in fundo est]] ib.369; τὰ δ. κέρδη S.''Ant.''326; [[ἔργα]], [[λόγος]], etc., Thgn.307, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''757, etc.: Comp., Longin.2.1: Sup., Ar.''Pl.''123: neuter plural as adverb, ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωΐλος ''PIand.'' 11.4 (iii A.D.).—Trag. use [[δειλός]] chiefly in former sense, [[δείλαιος]] in latter.