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Δείνωσις · exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning (δ 349) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near δ349

δ345bowl; dance; threshing-floor; vessel
δ346cleverness
δ347being trampled
δ348Deinôn, Deino, Dinon, Dino
δ349exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning
δ350terrible-visaged (ones)
δ351clever (ones), terrible (ones)
δ352Egyptians (are) clever at crafting machines
δ353having shown

Suda/Δ delta/δ349

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Δείνωσις

exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high8 revisions

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1 note · 3 words

Translation

[Meaning] terribleness,¹ gloominess.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δείνωσις· δεινότης, σκότωσις.

Betacode

*dei/nwsis: deino/ths, sko/twsis.

Notes (1)

Same or similar entry in other lexica. For the several senses of this headword, a feminine noun, see LSJ s.v.

1Also "cleverness" or "quickness of mind", as Aristotle seems to understand deino/ths in the context of his discussion of fro/nhsis. Cleverness, Aristotle says, is a capacity which allows one to hit a target at which one is aiming. The goodness or badness of cleverness depends on the quality of the target (skopo/s) the agent has set before him: if it is fine or noble, cleverness is praiseworthy; if it is base, it is reduced to cunning or mere villainy (panourgi/a). Aristotle stresses that, while prudence is not cleverness, it does not exist without cleverness (Nicomachean Ethics 1144a26-29). Both cleverness and prudence presuppose a certain kind of knowledge (in fact, prudence is a sort of cleverness), but while the former may aim at what is evil (when associated to kaki/a), the latter just aims at what is fine or noble. But the actual ability to do the things tending to the proposed end corresponds to cleverness.

Neighbouring entries

δ347Δεινουμένηνbeing trampled δ348ΔείνωνDeinôn, Deino, Dinon, Dino δ349Δείνωσιςexacerbation, exaggeration; frowning δ350Δεινωποίterrible-visaged (ones)δ351Δεινοίclever (ones), terrible (ones)

Revision history8 revisions · last 25 Aug 2015

25 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2015coding — Catharine Roth
20 Jun 2012added primary note and more keywords — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2003corrected my betacode — Catharine Roth
15 Nov 2003cosmetics — Catharine Roth
15 Nov 2003another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2003Added note. — Marcelo Boeri
7 Apr 2003added alternative headword translation — Catharine Roth
10 Sep 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δείνωσις (Adler number delta 349), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Sep 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/349

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