δειλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δειλός (deilós, “craven”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deː.lí.aː/ → /ðiˈli.a/ → /ðiˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /deː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈli.a/

Noun

δειλῐ́ᾱ • (deilĭ́ā) f (genitive δειλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (uncountable) cowardice

   Antonyms: ᾰ̓νδρείᾱ (ăndreíā), θρασύτης (thrasútēs)

2. (uncountable) timidity

Declension

First declension of ἡ δειλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δειλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ δειλῐ́ᾱ hē deilĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς δειλῐ́ᾱς tês deilĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ δειλῐ́ᾳ têi deilĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν δειλῐ́ᾱν tḕn deilĭ́ān
Vocative	δειλῐ́ᾱ deilĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δειλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δειλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δειλία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δειλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cowardice idem, page 181.
  • timidity idem, page 876.
• “δειλία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011