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δεῖνα , , , τό, gen. δεῖνος, dat. δεῖνι, acc. δεῖνα: sts. indecl. (v. infr.): nom. δεῖν , , Sophr.58: gen. and dat. τοῦ δείνατος, τῷ δείνατι, A.D.Pron.60.12, EM614.51:—
A.such an one, so-and-so, always with Art., “ δεῖναAr.Ra.918, etc.; “τὸν δεῖνα τὸν τοῦ δεῖναId.Th.622; “ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος τὸν δεῖν᾽ εἰσήγγειλενD.13.5; “ ἂν δ. δ. εἴπῃId.2.31; “ δ. καὶ δ.Arist.Rh.1416a23; “ δεῖναAnt.Lib.22; τὸ δ., euphem. for τὸ πέος, Ar.Ach.1149, cf. Sch.Luc.Bis Acc.23; τὸ δ. δ᾽ ἐσθίεις; do you eat such a fish? Antiph.129.6: in gen., ἐμὸς τοῦ δεῖνος mine or some other's, Arist.Pol.1262a3: dat., “τῷ δεῖνι μεμφόμενοςD.20.104, cf. 37.56: pl., “οἱ δεῖνεςId.24.180; “τῶν δείνωνId.20.106.
II. τὸ δ. in Com. as an interjection to express an idea which suddenly strikes one, by the way, mark you, Ar.V.524, Pax 268, etc.: in later Prose, Luc.Vit.Auct.19.
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