δειλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Latin dīrus, Old Armenian երկն (erkn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /deː.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈlos/
Adjective
δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλόν); first/second declension
- cowardly
- Antonym: ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos)
Inflection
First and second declension of δειλός; δειλή; δειλόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δειλός deilós | δειλή deilḗ | δειλόν deilón | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλᾱ́ deilā́ | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλοί deiloí | δειλαί deilaí | δειλᾰ́ deilá | |||||
Genitive | δειλοῦ deiloû | δειλῆς deilês | δειλοῦ deiloû | δειλοῖν deiloîn | δειλαῖν deilaîn | δειλοῖν deiloîn | δειλῶν deilôn | δειλῶν deilôn | δειλῶν deilôn | |||||
Dative | δειλῷ deilôi | δειλῇ deilêi | δειλῷ deilôi | δειλοῖν deiloîn | δειλαῖν deilaîn | δειλοῖν deiloîn | δειλοῖς deiloîs | δειλαῖς deilaîs | δειλοῖς deiloîs | |||||
Accusative | δειλόν deilón | δειλήν deilḗn | δειλόν deilón | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλᾱ́ deilā́ | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλούς deiloús | δειλᾱ́ς deilā́s | δειλᾰ́ deilá | |||||
Vocative | δειλέ deilé | δειλή deilḗ | δειλόν deilón | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλᾱ́ deilā́ | δειλώ deilṓ | δειλοί deiloí | δειλαί deilaí | δειλᾰ́ deilá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δειλῶς deilôs | δειλότερος deilóteros | δειλότᾰτος deilótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δειλία (deilía)
- δειλότης (deilótēs)
References
- δειλός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δειλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δειλός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)