δέος,
genitive δέους (also δέᾱτος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείους (written for δϝέεος) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
fear, alarm, χλωρὸν δέος pale
fear, [
Refs 5th c.AD+] as being morelasting (δέος. κακοῦ ὑπόνοια, φόβος δὲ ἡ παραυτίκα πτόησις),[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα γὰρ δ, ἔνθα καὶ αἰδώς poetical cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τινός
fear of a person or thing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεθνᾶσι τῷ δέει τοὺς τοιούτους ἀποστόλους (τεθνᾶσι τῷ δέει ={δεδίασι}) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, σοὶ δ᾽ οὐ δ. ἔστ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+] with
subjunctive, οὐχὶ δ. μή σε φιλήσῃ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδεὲς δ. δεδιέναι
to fear where no fear is, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
reverence, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
reason for fear, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
means of inspiring fear, δ. δεινότερον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in
plural, δέη ἐπιπέμπει πολλὰ ὁ θεός [
Refs 5th c.BC+] Sanskrit
dve[snull][tnull]i 'hate'.)