The corpus record

δειμ-αίνω

deimaino

to be afraid

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δειμ-αίνω · deim-ainō — LSJ

to be afraid, to be frightened

to be afraid, h.Ap. 404, Hdt. 3.51, etc., S. OC 492, Pl. R. 330c, etc.; δ. περὶ ἑωυτῷ, ὑπέρ τινος, Hdt. 3.35, 8.140.βʹ; ἀμφί τινι S. OC 492; ἐπί τινι Jul. Or. 2.82a:—Pass., to be frightened, Q.S. 2.499.

folld. by a relat. clause with μή . ., Thgn. 541, Hdt. 1.165, S. Tr. 481.

c. inf., Mosch. 3.56, Opp. H. 5.320.

4 fear

c. acc., fear, τὴν Περσέων δύναμιν Hdt. 1.159; πάντα δ. A. Pers. 600, cf. Pr. 41: c. acc. cogn., δεῖμʼ ὃ δειμαίνεις E. Andr. 868.

In the wild

δειμαίνειν · deimainein Aeschylus, Persians 598–600
δειμαίνεις · deimaineis Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 41
δειμαίνουσα · deimainousa Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 73–76
δειμαίνω · deimainō Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 976)
δειμαίνεις · deimaineis Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 534)
δειμαίνουςʼ · deimainousʼ Euripides, Hecuba *poludw/rou ei)/dwlon (DIORISIS sentence 19)

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Where it came from

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