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Δεινότητα · cleverness (δ 346) · Suda

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δ342terrible-footed ruin
δ343terrible; terribly clever
δ344terribly clever
δ345bowl; dance; threshing-floor; vessel
δ346cleverness
δ347being trampled
δ348Deinôn, Deino, Dinon, Dino
δ349exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning
δ350terrible-visaged (ones)

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Δεινότητα

cleverness

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
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12 words

Translation

It indicates both ability of [ = with] words, and also knavery.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεινότητα· τήν τε τῶν λόγων δύναμιν δηλοῖ, τήν τε πανουργίαν.

Betacode

*deino/thta: th/n te tw=n lo/gwn du/namin dhloi=, th/n te panourgi/an.

Notes

For the first part of this cf. the scholia to Thucydides 3.37.5, where the headword noun occurs in the dative case. (It is in the accusative, as here, in (e.g.) Thucydides 3.59.1.)
cf. generally delta 343.

Linked from1 entry

δ344Δεινόςterribly clever"Decebalus, the king of the Dacians, was terribly clever in his understanding of matters of war, and terribly clever in action and successful in making expeditions, well-timed in retreating, a master of ambush, a worker…

Neighbouring entries

δ344Δεινόςterribly clever δ345Δεῖνοςbowl; dance; threshing-floor; vessel δ346Δεινότηταcleverness δ347Δεινουμένηνbeing trampled δ348ΔείνωνDeinôn, Deino, Dinon, Dino

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Oct 2015

13 Oct 2015Revised — David Whitehead
20 Jun 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2004Expanded note. — Marcelo Boeri
16 Sep 2002augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Sep 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δεινότητα (Adler number delta 346), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Sep 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/346

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Marcelo Boeri, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗