δειλιάω · deiliaō — LSJ
to be afraid
to be afraid, LXX De. 1.28, al., D.S. 20.78, Paul.Aeg. 3.76. (Later Gr. for ἀποδειλ-.)
The corpus record
δειλιάω
deiliao
to be afraid
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Where it lives
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 3 · 2.25/10k
- Psalmi 6 · 1.75/10k
- Deuteronomium 3 · 1.34/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
- Protagoras 2 · 1.13/10k
- Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
- Categories 1 · 1/10k
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
- John 1 · 0.65/10k
- Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
- Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
In the wild
- δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 221)
- δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
- δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1149a (DIORISIS sentence 2362)
- δειλιᾶτε · deiliate Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1582)
- δειλιάτω · deiliatō New Testament, John 14.28 (DIORISIS sentence 822)
- δειλία · deilia Plato, Cratylus 415 (DIORISIS sentence 820)
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.