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δείλαιος

δείλαιος, wretched, sorry, paltry

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δειλαιοτάτα feminine nominative dual superlative, feminine vocative dual superlative, feminine accusative dual superlative, feminine nominative singular superlative, feminine vocative singular superlative of δείλαιος

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δείλαιος, α, ον, (ος, ον IG 14.1722.7), lengthd. form of δειλός (q.v.): —
  • wretched, sorry, paltry, not in Hom., freq. in Trag., esp. of persons, A. Pr. 580 (lyr.), etc.; δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ S. OT 1347 (lyr.); δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, A. Ch. 517; δ. σποδός paltry dust, S. El. 758; δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα, Emp. 145, S. OC 513 (lyr.), Ant. 1311 (lyr.); γῆρας E. Hec. 156 (lyr.): sts. found in Com. (v. infr.) and Prose, Lys. 24.23 (Sup.), Aeschin. 1.172: in later Prose, Jul. Or. 1.29b. (The penult. is short in S. Ant. 1311, El. 849 (lyr.), E. Supp. 279 (lyr.), Ar. Eq. 139, V. 165, etc.)

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