δεινότης,ητος,ἡ,
A. terribleness,
Th. 3.59 , 4.10 ;harshness, severity,
νόμων
Id. 3.46
.
II. cleverness, shrewdness,
D. 18.144 , Arist.
EN 1144a23 ; opp.ἀλήθεια,
Antipho 5.5 ; esp. in an orator, Th. 3.37 , D. 18.242 , 277 ; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ.
Isoc. 1.4
; δεινότητα λόγου ἐπιδείκνυσθαι
Plu. Pomp. 77
.
III. Rhet.,intensity, forcefulness,
D.H. Comp. 18 , Th. 53 , al., Longin. 34.4 , Hermog. Id. 2.9 , al.: pl., Demetr. Eloc. 243 .