cowardly,
δειλός,ή,όν, (δέος):
I. of persons,cowardly,opp.ἄλκιμος,
Il. 13.278 ; opp.ἀνδρεῖος,
Pl. Phdr. 239a , etc.: hence,vile, worthless,
Il. 1.293 ; δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι
Od. 8.351
; opp.ἐσθλός, lowborn, mean,
Hes. Fr. 164 ; πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ
B. 1.50
; ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν
Eup. 289
; of animals, Hdt. 3.108 : c.gen., δειλὸς μυάγρης afraid of . .,
AP 9.410
(Tull. Sab.): c.inf., ib. 6.232 ( Crin. ).Adv.
-λῶς
Theoc. Adon. 15
, Plu. 2.26b .
2. more commonly,miserable, wretched,with a compassionate sense,δειλοὶ βροτοί poormortals! Il. 22.31 , al.;ἆ δειλέ poor wretch!
ἆ δειλοί poor wretches!
17.201
, Od. 20.351 ; ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων
14.361
; Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο
Il. 17.670
.
II. of things,miserable, wretched,
γῆρας
Hes. Op. 113
;δ. δ' ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώib. 369 ; τὰ δ. κέρδη
S. Ant. 326
;ἔργα, λόγος,etc., Thgn. 307 , E. Andr. 757 , etc.: Comp. , Longin. 2.1 : Sup. , Ar. Pl. 123 : neut. pl. asAdv., ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωί̈λος
PIand. 11.4
(iii A.D.).—Trag. useδειλόςchiefly in former sense,δείλαιοςin latter.
