A.fearful, terrible; in Hom., of persons and things, “Χάρυβδις” Od.12.260; “κλαγγή” Il.1.49; “ὅπλα” 10.254: freq. in neut., “δεινὸν ἀῧσαι” 11.10; “βροντᾶν” 20.56; “δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι” 3.342; “παπταίνειν” Od.11.608; “δεινὰ δ᾽ ὑποδρὰ ἰδών” Il. 15.13; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od.22.405; “δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν” S.OC141; “εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι” Th.1.122; “δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος” And.1.30; in milder sense, awful, “δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός” Il.18.394, cf. 3.172, Od.8.22, etc.; “τὸ δεινόν” danger, suffering, horror, A.Ch.634, etc.; awe, terror, Id.Eu.517; “ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ” S.Fr.196; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι ib.351: in pl., “ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείν᾽ ὁρᾶν” Id.Ph.504; “εἰ δείν᾽ ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ” Id.Fr.962, etc.; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή . . there is danger that . ., Hdt.7.157; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, Id.1.155, etc.; δεινότατον μή . . the greatest danger lest . ., And.3.1; δεινόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is dangerous to do, Lys.12.87; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: abs., Th.1.102, etc.: c. inf., “ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι” Hdt.1.127, etc.; also “δεινὰ ποιεῖν” make complaints, Id.3.14,5.41; “ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι” J.AJ18.9.8; “δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι” Hdt.1.61; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, Ar.Ra.252, cf. Pl.Prt.317b, etc.; “δεινότερα π.” Th.3.13; “τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι” Hdt.7.11: in Oratt., “δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . .” And.1.30, Lys.12.88, etc. Adv. “-νῶς, φέρειν” Hdt.2.121. γ᾽; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, Antipho 1.1; “δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ” X.An.6.4.23; “δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος” Lys.3.27.
II. marvellously strong, powerful: δ. σάκος the mighty shield, Il.7.245; simply, wondrous, marvellous, strange, τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ᾽ ὁμιλία kin and social ties have strange power, A.Pr.39; “δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον” Id.Th.1036; “δ. τὸ τίκτειν” S.El.770; “πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει.” Id.Ant.333; δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, Hdt.9.3, Pl.Tht.169c; “οἶκτος” S.Tr.298, etc.; “δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα” Pl.Euthd. 298c; “δ. γ᾽ εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών” S.Aj.1127; freq. δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . it were strange that . ., as E.Hec.592. Adv. -νῶς marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος, Hdt.2.76,149; “δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι” Id.3.152; “δ. πώς εἰμ᾽ ἐπιλήσμων” Metag.2, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως Sch. Min.Il.7.97.
III. clever, skilful, first in Hdt.5.23 ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός; of Odysseus, “γλώσσῃ . . δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ” S.Ph.440, cf. OC806, Antipho 2.2.3, Lys.7.12; “σοφὸς καὶ δ.” Pl.Prt.341a; opp. σοφός, of practical ability, Id.Phdr.245c, Tht.164d; opp. ἰδιώτης, D.4.35: c. inf., “δεινὸς εὑρεῖν” A.Pr.59; “δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι” Id.Fr.373; δ. λέγειν clever at speaking, S.OT545, etc.; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, D.20.150; “νόσος δ. φαγεῖν” Ar.Nu.243; “δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι” D.1.3; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are wonderfully liable to . ., Id.2.20: c. acc., “δ. τὴν τέχνην” Ar.Ec.364; “δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια” Pl.Euthd.304d; “ἐς τὰ πάντα” Ar.Ra.968; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, Pl.R.405c, Ion531a; “δ. ἀμφί τι” Arr.Tact.9.5; “δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν” Ael.VH3.1; “ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης” Timocl.4.7 (but also of the forcible, vehement, style in oratory, Demetr.Eloc.240, al.); in bad sense, over-clever, Pl.Euthphr.3c; “δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας” Id.Tht.176d, cf. Arist.EN1144a27. (For δϝεινός, cf. Δϝενία, gen. of pr.n. Δεινίας, IG4.858.)
