δέος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn), Latin dīrus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dé.os/ → /ˈðe.os/ → /ˈðe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dé.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.os/

Noun

δέος • (déos) n (genitive δέους); third declension

1. fear, alarm
2. reason for fear

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δέος; τοῦ δέους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέος tò déos	τὼ δέει tṑ déei	τᾰ̀ δέη tà déē
Genitive	τοῦ δέους toû déous	τοῖν δεοῖν toîn deoîn	τῶν δεῶν tôn deôn
Dative	τῷ δέει tôi déei	τοῖν δεοῖν toîn deoîn	τοῖς δέεσῐ / δέεσῐν toîs déesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέος tò déos	τὼ δέει tṑ déei	τᾰ̀ δέη tà déē
Vocative	δέος déos	δέει déei	δέη déē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀδεής (adeḗs)
• θεουδής (theoudḗs)

References

• “δέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Noun

δέος • (déos) n (uncountable)

1. awe (a feeling of fear and reverence)

Declension

  δέος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	δέος •
genitive	δέους •
accusative	δέος •
vocative	δέος •