δειλός, ή, όν,
(δέος):
__I of persons, cowardly, opposed to ἄλκιμος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.278 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀνδρεῖος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, vile, worthless, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.293; δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.351 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐσθλός, lowborn, mean, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 164; πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.50; ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 289 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108: with _genitive_, δειλὸς μυάγρης ] Refs 5th c.BC+]afraid of.., [[ Anthologia Graeca 9.410 (Tull. Sab.)] Refs]: c.infinitive [[, [prev. work]6.232 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -λῶς[[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Adon.” 15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.26b. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.2 more commonly, miserable, wretched, with a compassionate sense, δειλοὶ βροτοί poor mortals! [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.31, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἆ δειλέ poor wretch! ἆ δειλοί poor wretches! [[ 17.201, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.351; ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων 14.361; Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.670. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II of things, miserable, wretched, γῆρας [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 113 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. δ᾽ ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ[[ [prev. work] 369; τὰ δ. κέρδη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 326 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔργα, λόγος, etc., [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 307, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 757, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]: comparative, [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.1] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: superlative, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 123 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωΐλος [[ “PIand.” 11.4 (3rd c.AD).] Refs 3rd c.AD+] —Trag. use δειλός chiefly in former sense, δείλαιος in latter.