"δειλός" meaning in Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /ðiˈlos/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δειλός (deilós). Etymology templates: {{lbor|el|grc|δειλός}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δειλός (deilós) Head templates: {{head|el|adjective|feminine|δειλή|||||neuter|δειλό|||g=m|head=|sort=}} δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό), {{el-adj|f=δειλή|n=δειλό}} δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-adj|dec=ός-ή-ό|stem=δειλ}}, {{el-decl-adj-a|abstem=|compstem=|dec=ός-ή-ό|docnote=|form=|lemma=|nocat=|nopio=|part=|posnote=|stem=δειλ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-positive|dec=ός-ή-ό|form=|header=Declension of δειλός|note=|pionote=Comparative: <i class="Grek mention" lang="el">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο δειλός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δειλός, etc.)|stem=δειλ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό|form=|stem=δειλ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-table|δειλός (deilós)|δειλή (deilí)|δειλό (deiló)|δειλοί (deiloí)|δειλές (deilés)|δειλά (deilá)|δειλού (deiloú)|δειλής (deilís)|δειλού (deiloú)|δειλών (deilón)|δειλών (deilón)|δειλών (deilón)|δειλό (deiló)|δειλή (deilí)|δειλό (deiló)|δειλούς (deiloús)|δειλές (deilés)|δειλά (deilá)|δειλέ (deilé)|δειλή (deilí)|δειλό (deiló)|δειλοί (deiloí)|δειλές (deilés)|δειλά (deilá)}} Forms: deilós [romanization], δειλή [feminine], δειλό [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], δειλός [masculine, nominative, singular], δειλή [feminine, nominative, singular], δειλό [neuter, nominative, singular], δειλοί [masculine, nominative, plural], δειλές [feminine, nominative, plural], δειλά [neuter, nominative, plural], δειλού [genitive, masculine, singular], δειλής [feminine, genitive, singular], δειλού [genitive, neuter, singular], δειλών [genitive, masculine, plural], δειλών [feminine, genitive, plural], δειλών [genitive, neuter, plural], δειλό [accusative, masculine, singular], δειλή [accusative, feminine, singular], δειλό [accusative, neuter, singular], δειλούς [accusative, masculine, plural], δειλές [accusative, feminine, plural], δειλά [accusative, neuter, plural], δειλέ [masculine, singular, vocative], δειλή [feminine, singular, vocative], δειλό [neuter, singular, vocative], δειλοί [masculine, plural, vocative], δειλές [feminine, plural, vocative], δειλά [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. cowardly, pusillanimous Synonyms: λιπόψυχος
    Sense id: en-δειλός-el-adj-HdnAOM7j Categories (other): Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό, Fear Disambiguation of Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fear: 53 47
  2. timid, timorous
    Sense id: en-δειλός-el-adj-qoPa9BHh Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Fear Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό: 50 50 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Fear: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: δειλά (deilá) [adverb] Related terms: δειλόψυχος (deilópsychos)
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "andreíos",
      "word": "ανδρείος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gennaíos",
      "word": "γενναίος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tharraléos",
      "word": "θαρραλέος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tolmirós",
      "word": "τολμηρός"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δειλός"
      },
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      "name": "lbor"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δειλός (deilós).",
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      "form": "deilós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλή",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλός",
      "roman": "deilós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλή",
      "roman": "deilí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
      "roman": "deiló",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλοί",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλές",
      "roman": "deilés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλά",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλού",
      "roman": "deiloú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλής",
      "roman": "deilís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλού",
      "roman": "deiloú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλών",
      "roman": "deilón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλών",
      "roman": "deilón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλών",
      "roman": "deilón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
      "roman": "deiló",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλή",
      "roman": "deilí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
      "roman": "deiló",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλούς",
      "roman": "deiloús",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλές",
      "roman": "deilés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλά",
      "roman": "deilá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλέ",
      "roman": "deilé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλή",
      "roman": "deilí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
      "roman": "deiló",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλοί",
      "roman": "deiloí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλές",
      "roman": "deilés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "deilá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "el",
        "10": "δειλό",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "δειλή",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "neuter",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "δειλή",
        "n": "δειλό"
      },
      "expansion": "δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό)",
      "name": "el-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "δει‧λός"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "stem": "δειλ"
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abstem": "",
        "compstem": "",
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "docnote": "",
        "form": "",
        "lemma": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "nopio": "",
        "part": "",
        "posnote": "",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "form": "",
        "header": "Declension of δειλός",
        "note": "",
        "pionote": "Comparative: <i class=\"Grek mention\" lang=\"el\">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο δειλός, etc.)\n Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δειλός, etc.)",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-positive"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "form": "",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δειλός (deilós)",
        "10": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "11": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "12": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "13": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "14": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "15": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "16": "δειλούς (deiloús)",
        "17": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "18": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "19": "δειλέ (deilé)",
        "2": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "20": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "21": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "22": "δειλοί (deiloí)",
        "23": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "24": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "3": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "4": "δειλοί (deiloí)",
        "5": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "6": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "7": "δειλού (deiloú)",
        "8": "δειλής (deilís)",
        "9": "δειλού (deiloú)"
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "deilópsychos",
      "word": "δειλόψυχος"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Fear",
          "orig": "el:Fear",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly, pusillanimous"
      ],
      "id": "en-δειλός-el-adj-HdnAOM7j",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ],
        [
          "pusillanimous",
          "pusillanimous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "λιπόψυχος"
        }
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "_dis": "53 47",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "timid, timorous"
      ],
      "id": "en-δειλός-el-adj-qoPa9BHh",
      "links": [
        [
          "timid",
          "timid"
        ],
        [
          "timorous",
          "timorous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðiˈlos/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δειλός"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "andreíos",
      "word": "ανδρείος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gennaíos",
      "word": "γενναίος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tharraléos",
      "word": "θαρραλέος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tolmirós",
      "word": "τολμηρός"
    }
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    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Fear"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "deilá",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "δειλά"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "form": "δειλή",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "δειλό",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλού",
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      ]
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      "form": "δειλής",
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλούς",
      "roman": "deiloús",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλές",
      "roman": "deilés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλά",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλέ",
      "roman": "deilé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλή",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλό",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλοί",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλές",
      "roman": "deilés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δειλά",
      "roman": "deilá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "δειλό",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "δειλή",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "neuter",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "δειλή",
        "n": "δειλό"
      },
      "expansion": "δειλός • (deilós) m (feminine δειλή, neuter δειλό)",
      "name": "el-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "δει‧λός"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "stem": "δειλ"
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abstem": "",
        "compstem": "",
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "docnote": "",
        "form": "",
        "lemma": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "nopio": "",
        "part": "",
        "posnote": "",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "form": "",
        "header": "Declension of δειλός",
        "note": "",
        "pionote": "Comparative: <i class=\"Grek mention\" lang=\"el\">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο δειλός, etc.)\n Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δειλός, etc.)",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-positive"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "form": "",
        "stem": "δειλ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δειλός (deilós)",
        "10": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "11": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "12": "δειλών (deilón)",
        "13": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "14": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "15": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "16": "δειλούς (deiloús)",
        "17": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "18": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "19": "δειλέ (deilé)",
        "2": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "20": "δειλή (deilí)",
        "21": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "22": "δειλοί (deiloí)",
        "23": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "24": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "3": "δειλό (deiló)",
        "4": "δειλοί (deiloí)",
        "5": "δειλές (deilés)",
        "6": "δειλά (deilá)",
        "7": "δειλού (deiloú)",
        "8": "δειλής (deilís)",
        "9": "δειλού (deiloú)"
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "deilópsychos",
      "word": "δειλόψυχος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly, pusillanimous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ],
        [
          "pusillanimous",
          "pusillanimous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "λιπόψυχος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "timid, timorous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "timid",
          "timid"
        ],
        [
          "timorous",
          "timorous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðiˈlos/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δειλός"
}

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