δέω

Word

Validation

Yes

Last modification

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Word-form

δεῖμα

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

deima

English translation (word)

fear

Transliteration (Etymon)

deō

English translation (etymon)

to bind

Author

Plutarch

Century

1-2 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

De superstitione 165d

Ed.

G.N. Bernardakis, Plutarch. Moralia. Leipzig, Teubner, 1889 (2)

Quotation

ᾗ καὶ δεῖμα καὶ τάρβος αὐτοῦ τὸ συνδέον ὁμοῦ τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ ταράττον ὠνόμασται

Translation (En)

It is on this ground that the power of fear to "tie down" (sundeon) the soul, and at the same time to keep it awake, has come to be named both "terror" (deima) and awe (transl. Cole Babbitt)

Comment

This is basically the old etymology by Chrysippus (see δέος / δέω) applied to a derivative of "fear"

Modern etymology

Derivative of *dwei- "to fear" found in δείδω, δεινός, δειλός, δέος

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

Le Feuvre
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