δείλαιος, α, ον,
(ος, ον [[ “IG” 14.1722.7), lengthened form of δειλός (which see)] Refs]: — wretched, sorry, paltry, not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, frequently in Trag., especially of persons, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 580 (Lyric poetry), etc.; δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1347 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 517 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. σποδός paltry dust, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 758 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 145, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 513 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 1311 (Lyric poetry); γῆρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 156 (Lyric poetry): sometimes found in Comedy texts (see. below) and Prose, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.23 (_superlative_), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.172: in later Prose, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.29b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (The penultimate is short in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1311, “El.” 849 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 279 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 139, “V.” 165, etc.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]