1. δεινός · deinos — Beekes
fearful, terrible
The corpus record
δεινός
deinos
fearful, terrible
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Alcibiades 2 4 · 66.56/10k
- Against Simon 13 · 59.69/10k
- Against Ergocles 5 · 54.95/10k
- Shield of Heracles 17 · 52.55/10k
- Against Philocrates 3 · 45.39/10k
- Laches 25 · 32.59/10k
- On A Wound By Premeditation 3 · 31.71/10k
- Against Lacritus 11 · 30.8/10k
- Ion 12 · 29.91/10k
- Against Boeotus 1 8 · 29.35/10k
- Theogony 20 · 29.04/10k
- Against Callicles 6 · 28.64/10k
Densest 12 of 215 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. Δεινός · Deinos — Chantraine
peut être expliqué, soit comme tiré directement de la racine verbale ὃξει- {Chan
3. δεινός · deinos — Frisk
außerordentlich, tüchtig usw.
Attestations
- δεινὴ · deinē Iliad 1.49
- δεινὼ · deinō Iliad 1.200
- δεινὰ · deina Iliad 2.321
- δεινοῦ · deinou Iliad 2.755
- δεινός · deinos Iliad 3.172
- δεινὸν · deinon Iliad 3.337
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 357; entry #1598 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 270; entry #1857 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 389-390; entry #1461 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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