dei`na
dei`na , oJ, hJ, tov , gen. dei`no" , dat. dei`ni , acc. dei`na ; pl. oiJ dei`ne", tw`n deivnwn : but sometimes indecl.:— such an one, a certain one, whom one cannot or will not name, oJ dei`na Ar ., etc. ; oJ dei`na tou` dei`no" to;n dei`na eijsaggevllei Dem.
II. dei`na in Com. as an interjection, Lat. malum! plague on§t ! Ar. (Deriv. uncertain.)
deinoqevth"
deino-qevth" , ou, oJ , ( tivqhmi ) a knave, Mosch.
deinologevomai
deino-logevomai , ( levgw ) Dep. to complain loudly, Hdt.
deinopaqevw
deino-pa±qevw , f. hvsw , ( paqei`n ) to complain loudly of sufferings, Dem.
deinovpou"
deinov-pou" , oJ, hJ, -poun, tov , terrible of foot, jAra; d . (as if she was a hound upon the track), Soph.
deinov"
deinov" , hv, ovn , (from devo" , properly deeinov" , cf. ejleeinov" , ejleinov" , from e[leo" ):— fearful, terrible, dread, dire, Hom ., etc. ; deino;n aju>tei`n, bronta`n to shout, thunder terribly, Il.; deino;n devrkesqai, paptaivnein, ijdei`n to look terrible, Hom .; but, deino;" ijdevsqai fearful to behold, Od.; deino;" me;n oJra`n, deino;" de; kluvein Soph .:— to; deinovn danger, suffering, awe, terror, Hdt ., Aesch. , etc. ; so, ta; deinav Soph ., etc. :— oujde;n deinoiv, mh; ajpostevwsin no fear of their revolting, Hdt. :— deino;n poiei`sqai to take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing, Lat. aegre ferre , Id., etc. ; deina; paqei`n to suffer dreadful, illegal, arbitrary treatment, Att. ; so in Adv. , deinw`" fevrein Hdt .; d. e[cein to be in straits, Xen.
II.
with a notion of Force or Power,
mighty, powerful,
deino;n savko"
the mighty
shield, Il
2.
simply,
wondrous, marvellous, strange,
to; suggenev" toi deinovn
kin has a
strange power,
Aesch.
;
d. i{mero", e[rw", devo"
Hdt
.;
deino;n a]n ei[h, eij
. . , it were
strange
that. . ,
Eur.
:—
Adv.
-nw`"
,
marvellously, exceedingly,
d. mevla", a[nudro"
Hdt.
III. the sense of powerful, wondrous passed into that of able, clever, skilful, Id., Att. ; esp. of practical ability, opp. to sofov" , Plat. : c. inf ., deino;" euJrei`n clever at inventing, Aesch. ; deino;" levgein Soph .; deino;" pravgmasi crh`sqai Dem .: also c. acc ., deino;" th;n tevcnhn Plat .; d. periv ti or tino" Id.
dei`no"
dei`no" , gen. of dei`na , q.v.
deinovth"
deinovth" , hto", hJ , ( deinov" ) terribleness, Thuc .: harshness, sternness, severity, novmwn Id.
II. natural ability, cleverness, shrewdness, Dem .; esp. in an orator, Thuc. , Dem.
deinovw
deinovw , f. wvsw , to make terrible: to exaggerate, Thuc.