δέος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Old Armenian երկն (erkn), Latin dīrus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dé.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.os/
Noun
δέος • (déos) n (genitive δέους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δέος tò déos |
τὼ δέει tṑ déei |
τᾰ̀ δέη tằ déē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δέους toû déous |
τοῖν δεοῖν toîn deoîn |
τῶν δεῶν tôn deôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δέει tōî déei |
τοῖν δεοῖν toîn deoîn |
τοῖς δέεσῐ / δέεσῐν toîs déesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δέος tò déos |
τὼ δέει tṑ déei |
τᾰ̀ δέη tằ déē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δέος déos |
δέει déei |
δέη déē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
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 (2006–2025)
- 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
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈðe.os/
- Hyphenation: δέ‧ος
Noun
δέος • (déos) n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | δέος (déos) |
| genitive | δέους (déous) |
| accusative | δέος (déos) |
| vocative | δέος (déos) |