ἐν τοῖσι δεινοῖς, in dangers: Thuc. 1. 70“ἐπὶ τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες”; ib. 84 “τῶν...ἐξοτρυνόντων ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰ δεινά,” ἀπώλεσεν, gnomic aor., combined with pres. ἵστησιν: Ai. 674 ff. “δεινῶν τ᾽ ἄημα πνευμάτων ἐκοίμισε” | “στένοντα πόντον: ἐν δ᾽ ὁ παγκρατὴς ὕπνος” | “λύει πεδήσας”: Il. 17. 177“ὅς τε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἄνδρα φοβεῖ καὶ ἀφείλετο νίκην”: Plat. Rep. 566 D, E “ἀσπάζεται ... ὑπισχνεῖται ... <*>λευθέρωσε ... διένειμε...προσποιεῖται” : Dem. or. 2 § 9 “ἐθέλουσιν...ἀνεχαίτισε καὶ διέλυσεν” .—Distinguish those instances in which the ordinary (and not gnomic) aor. is combined with the historic pres., as Ant. 406“ὁρᾶται...ᾑρέθη” (n.). ὡσαύτως δὲ: here “δὲ” introduces the apodosis; so “οὕτω δέ”, Ant. 426(n.).
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