Included with:
δεινός, ή, όν, (δέος,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
fearful, terrible; in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], of persons and things, Χάρυβδις [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. ἰδέσθαι
fearful to behold, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in milder sense,
awful, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
danger, suffering, horror, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
awe, terror, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή. there is
danger that, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no
fear of their revolting, [
Refs]; δεινότατον μή. the
greatest danger lest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινόν ἐστι, with
infinitive, it is
dangerous to do, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι
take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing:
absolutely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
make complaints, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer
illegal, arbitrary treatment, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb -νῶς, φέρειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. γ; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in
dire straits, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
marvellously strong, powerful: δ. σάκος the
mighty shield, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply,
wondrous, marvellous, strange, τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ᾽ ὁμιλία kin and social ties
have strange power, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ. it were
strange that, as [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb -νῶς
marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III)
clever, skilful, first in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφό; of Odysseus, γλώσσῃ. δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σοφός, of
practical ability, [
Refs]; opposed to ἰδιώτης, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, δεινὸς εὑρεῖν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. λέγειν
clever at speaking, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are
wonderfully liable to, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also of the
forcible, vehement, style in oratory, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; in bad sense,
over-clever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]