δεῖνα: Difference between revisions

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