δειλός - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Proto-Indo-European *dwey- (“to fear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), Latin dīrus, Old Armenian երկն (erkn).
- (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/
δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλόν); first/second declension
- → Greek: δειλός (deilós) (learned)
- “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 (2006–2025)
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δειλός (deilós).[1]
δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό)
- cowardly, pusillanimous
- Synonym: λιπόψυχος (lipópsychos)
- timid, timorous
- δειλά (deilá, adverb)
- δειλόψυχος (deilópsychos)
- ^ δειλός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language