I.of persons, cowardly, craven, Il.; hence, vile, worthless, id=Il.:— δειλός τινος afraid of . . , Anth.
2.miserable, luckless, wretched, Hom.; with a compassionate sense, like Lat. miser, δειλοὶ βροτοί poor mortals! ἆ δειλέ poor wretch! ἆ δειλοί poor wretches! id=Hom.
II.of things, miserable, wretched, Hes., Soph.