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
Inflection
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
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 (2006–2024)