δεῖμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δείδω (deídō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dêː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ma/

Noun

δεῖμα • (deîma) n (genitive δεῖματος); third declension

(as an emotion) fear, terror, horror, fright
(as the object of fear) terror, horror

Usage notes

The first sense refers to the emotion of fear; the second sense refers to fear as an object. The second sense appears in English sentences such as "It was the terror of the lands."

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δεῖμᾰ; τοῦ δείμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεῖμᾰ tò deîmă	τὼ δείμᾰτε tṑ deímăte	τᾰ̀ δείμᾰτᾰ tằ deímătă
Genitive	τοῦ δείμᾰτος toû deímătos	τοῖν δειμᾰ́τοιν toîn deimắtoin	τῶν δειμᾰ́των tôn deimắtōn
Dative	τῷ δείμᾰτῐ tōî deímătĭ	τοῖν δειμᾰ́τοιν toîn deimắtoin	τοῖς δείμᾰσῐ / δείμᾰσῐν toîs deímăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δεῖμᾰ tò deîmă	τὼ δείμᾰτε tṑ deímăte	τᾰ̀ δείμᾰτᾰ tằ deímătă
Vocative	δεῖμᾰ deîmă	δείμᾰτε deímăte	δείμᾰτᾰ deímătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δειμάζω (deimázō)
δειμαίνω (deimaínō)
δειμαλέος (deimaléos)
δειμαλέτα (deimaléta)
δειματηρός (deimatērós)
δειματίας (deimatías)
δειματόεις (deimatóeis)
δειματοποιός (deimatopoiós)
δειματοσταγής (deimatostagḗs)
δειματόω (deimatóō)
δειμάτωσις (deimátōsis)

References

“δεῖμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δεῖμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δεῖμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“δεῖμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“δεῖμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
δεῖμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
δεῖμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δεῖμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011