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fearful, terrible; in Hom., of persons and things, Χάρυβδις Od. 12.260; κλαγγή Il. 1.49; ὅπλα 10.254: freq. in neut., δεινὸν ἀῧσαι 11.10; βροντᾶν 20.56; δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι 3.342; παπταίνειν Od. 11.608; δεινὰ δʼ ὑποδρὰ ἰδών Il. 15.13; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od. 22.405; δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν S. OC 141; εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι Th. 1.122; δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος And. 1.30; in milder sense, awful, δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός Il. 18.394, cf. 3.172, Od. 8.22, etc.; τὸ δεινόν danger, suffering, horror, A. Ch. 634, etc.; awe, terror, Id. Eu. 517; ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ S. Fr. 196; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι ib. 351: in pl., ἐκτὸς ὄντα πημάτων τὰ δείνʼ ὁρᾶν Id. Ph. 504; εἰ δείνʼ ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ Id. Fr. 962, etc.; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή . . there is danger that . ., Hdt. 7.157; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, Id. 1.155, etc.; δεινότατον μή . . the greatest danger lest . ., And. 3.1; δεινόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is dangerous to do, Lys. 12.87; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: abs., Th. 1.102, etc.: c. inf., ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι Hdt. 1.127, etc.; also δεινὰ ποιεῖν make complaints, Id. 3.14, 5.41; ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι J. AJ 18.9.8; δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι Hdt. 1.61; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, Ar. Ra. 252, cf. Pl. Prt. 317b, etc.; δεινότερα π. Th. 3.13; τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι Hdt. 7.11: in Oratt., δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ . . And. 1.30, Lys. 12.88, etc. Adv. -νῶς, φέρειν Hdt. 2.121.γʹ; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, Antipho 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ X. An. 6.4.23; δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος Lys. 3.27.
public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες E. Hec. 124 (anap.), cf. Fr. 597.4, Isoc. 8.129, Arist. Top. 149b25, Phld. Rh. 2.272S., Plu. Sanit. 2.131a, etc.; esp. at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, Ar. Ach. 38, 680, Eq. 60, 358, al., Th. 8.1, And. 3.1, Lys. 30.22, etc.; sg. prob. in IG 1(2).45.21; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, Luc. Am. 29; ὁ ῥ. ‘par excellence’ = Demosthenes, Hermog. Inv. 4.1, al.
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accede, assent to, acquiesce in, τῇ γνώμῃ Hdt. 4.148, Th. 7.72; γνώμῃ μιᾷ συνεχωρείτην, c. inf., agreed to do, E. Hec. 125 (anap.); c. acc. et inf., allow that . . , Hdt. 2.2, Pl. Phd. 100a; τοῖσιν εὖ λεχθεῖσι σ. λόγοις E. Hipp. 299; opp. ἐναντιοῦσθαι, And. 3.1; σ. πάθεσιν ἢ ἐναντιουμένην Pl. Phd. 94b: abs., agree, acquiesce, assent, συγχώρει θέλων S. Ph. 1343, cf. Hdt. 3.83, 4.43, 5.40, Pl. Lg. 794c, D. 18.227; τὸ συγκεχωρηκὸς τῆς εὐσεβείας yielding, unexacting temper of piety, Id. 21.59:—later in Pass., to be allowed, τέως οὐ συνεχωρήθην ἐξελθεῖν POxy. 1842.8 (vi A.D.).