Δείδω
I fear
Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] I am afraid.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δείδω· τὸ φοβοῦμαι.
Betacode
*dei/dw: to\ fobou=mai.
Notes
- A perfect form with present sense, originally *dedwoya. The root may be that of the number "two" (*dwei-): to fear is to be in two minds. See Chantraine Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque s.v., and cf. delta 147, delta 163, delta 302.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica; from a scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.39, where the headword occurs (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- δ147ΔέδιαI fear[Meaning] I am afraid.
- δ151ΔεδιότεςfearingAlso [sc. attested is] dediw/s ["he fearing"], he being afraid. "But they, fearing for their families, then first asked to go."
- δ152ΔεδίσσωI terrify[Meaning] I frighten. Verbs with double sigma accept six [different] vowels. Alpha: a)/llos ["other," gives] a)lla/ssw ["alter, change"]. Epsilon: pu=r, [genitive] puro/s ["fire," gives] pure/ssw ["I have a fever"].…
- δ163ΔέδοικαI am afraid[Meaning] I fear. "I am afraid lest some blow from the god may have come. For how could it be otherwise, if now that he has ceased [being sick] he is of no better cheer [than] while he was sick?" Meaning how else could…
- δ246Δέοςfright[Meaning] fear.
- ε220ἜδεισαI feared[Meaning] I was [made] afraid.
Neighbouring entries
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- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- added cross-references and link, raised status — Catharine Roth
- added note and keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict