δέω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δέος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
deos
English translation (word)
fear
Transliteration (Etymon)
deō
English translation (etymon)
to bind
Century
3 BC
Reference
Fr. 409
Edition
J. von Arnim, Stoicorum veterum fragmenta, vol. 2, Leipzig, 1903
Source
Andronicus of Rhodes
Ref.
De passionibus 3.1
Ed.
X. Kreuttner, Andronici qui fertur libelli Περὶ παθῶν (De affectibus), pt. 1, Heidelberg: Winter, 1884
Quotation
Δέος δὲ φόβος συνδέων
Translation (En)
Deos "fear" is a binding (sundeōn) fear
Parallels
Plutarch, Quaestiones convivales 66d (τοῦ δέους τὸ σῶμα συνδέοντος ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ συνάγοντος καὶ πυκνοῦντος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 256 (Δέος: Παρὰ τὸ δείω, τὸ φοβοῦμαι, γίνεται δέος ὁ φόβος, ὡς νείφω, νέφος. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ δέω, τὸ δεσμεύω· ὁ γὰρ φόβος συνδεῖ τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος); Etym. Symeonis, delta 130 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 483 (idem)
Modern etymology
Abstract noun belonging with δεῖμα "fear", δειλός "cowardly", δεινός "terrible", δείδω "to fear". PIE *dwei-, derived from *dwoh1- "two"
Persistence in Modern Greek
Yes, as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Descriptive paronymic etymology: fear is paralyzing, therefore binding the individual. No formal manipulation is required.