Δεῖμος

See also: δειμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δειμός (deimós, “terror”), with stress shift.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dêː.mos/ → /ˈði.mos/ → /ˈði.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dêː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mos/

Proper noun

Δεῖμος • (Deîmos) m (genitive Δείμου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Deimos, Terror (son of Ares)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.440

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Δεῖμος; τοῦ Δείμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δεῖμος ho Deîmos
Genitive	τοῦ Δείμου toû Deímou
Dative	τῷ Δείμῳ tôi Deímōi
Accusative	τὸν Δεῖμον tòn Deîmon
Vocative	Δεῖμε Deîme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: Δείμος (Deímos)
• → Afrikaans: Deimos
• → Czech: Deimos
• → English: Deimos
• → Dutch: Deimos
• → Finnish: Deimos
• → French: Deimos, Déimos
• → Galician: Deimos
• → German: Deimos
• → Hindi: डेमोस (ḍemos)
• → Italian: Deimos
• → Korean: 데이모스 (Deimoseu)
• → Lao: ດີມອສ (dī mǭt), ເດໂມ (dē mō)
• → Polish: Deimos, Dejmos
• → Portuguese: Deimos
• → Russian: Де́ймос (Déjmos)
• → Spanish: Deimos
• → Thai: ดีมอส (dii-mɔ̂ɔs), ไดมอส (dai-mɔ̂ɔs)
• → Turkish: Deimos
• → Ukrainian: Дейм (Dejm)

See also

• Φόβος (Phóbos)

Further reading

• “Δεῖμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δεῖμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δεῖμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δειμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δεῖμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Δεῖμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press