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Δεῖμος

deimos · ὁ

fear, terror

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

δειμός · deimos — LSJ

fear, terror

fear, terror, δειμόν τινα ἀναπλάσσειν J. Ap. 2.34.

II

Δεῖμος, ὁ, personified as accompanying Φόβος, Ἔρις, Γοργώ, etc., Il. 4.44c, 1.37, 15.119, Hes. Th. 934.

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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.

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