δεινός, ή, όν,
(δέος,[[compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 198b)] Refs 5th c.BC+] fearful, terrible; in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of persons and things, Χάρυβδις [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.260; κλαγγή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.49; ὅπλα 10.254: frequently in _neuter_, δεινὸν ἀῧσαι 11.10; βροντᾶν 20.56; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι 3.342; παπταίνειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.608; δεινὰ δ᾽ ὑποδρὰ ἰδών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.13 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.405; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 141; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.30 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in milder sense, awful, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.394, compare 3.172, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.22, etc.; τὸ δεινόν ] Refs 8th c.BC+]danger, suffering, horror, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 634, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; awe, terror, [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 517; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 196; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι [prev. work] 351: in _plural_, ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν᾽ ὁρᾶν [prev. author] “Ph.” 504; εἰ δείν᾽ ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ [prev. author] “fragment” 962, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή.. there is danger that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.157 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, [[ [prev. author] 1.155, etc.] Refs]; δεινότατον μή.. the greatest danger lest.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινόν ἐστι, with infinitive, it is dangerous to do, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: absolutely, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]make complaints, [[ [prev. author] 3.14, 5.41; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.9.8; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 252, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317b, etc.; δεινότερα π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.13; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.30, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.88, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -νῶς, φέρειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. γ; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.23; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]