Δεδιττόμενος
terrifying
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Jul 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] frightening.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεδιττόμενος· ἐκφοβῶν.
Betacode
*deditto/menos: e)kfobw=n.
Notes
- See already under delta 152. The headword is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of Attic
dedi/ttomai (epicdeidi/ssomai ). Oddly enough, this verb can have the causal sense "frighten" or the intransitive sense "fear." See LSJ underdeidi/ssomai and cf. delta 149, delta 150, delta 152, delta 304.
Same entry in some other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; that fact makes it likely (if not demonstrable) that the headword is quoted from Plato, Phaedrus 245B.