δείλαιος,α,ον, (ος,ον
IG 14.1722.7 ), lengthd. form ofδειλός(q.v.): —
A. wretched, sorry, paltry,not in Hom. , freq. in Trag., esp. of persons, A. Pr. 580 (lyr.), etc.; δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ
S. OT 1347
(lyr.);δ. χάριςasorrykindness, A. Ch. 517 ;δ. σποδός paltrydust, S. El. 758 ;δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα,
Emp. 145 , S. OC 513 (lyr.), Ant. 1311 (lyr.); γῆρας
E. Hec. 156
(lyr.): sts. found in Com. (v. infr.) and Prose, Lys. 24.23 ( Sup. ), Aeschin. 1.172 : in later Prose, Jul. Or. 1.29b . (The penult. is short in S. Ant. 1311 , El. 849 (lyr.), E. Supp. 279 (lyr.), Ar. Eq. 139 , V. 165 , etc.)