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Headword:
*deisidai/mwn
Adler number: delta,369
Translated headword: god-fearing; superstitious
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] god-revering; or uncertain in one's faith, and in this way fearful.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] deisidaimoni/as,[2] meaning god-reverence, scrupulousness as regards the divine; or cowardice.
"Seeing that the soldiers were being superstitious because of the omens, he was most eager to alleviate the apprehension of the crowd through his own careful thought and generalship."[2]
Greek Original:*deisidai/mwn: qeosebh/s: h)\ a)mfi/bolos peri\ th\n pi/stin, kai\ oi(onei\ dedoikw/s. kai\ *deisidaimoni/as, a)nti\ tou= qeosebei/as, eu)labei/as peri\ to\ qei=on: h)\ deili/as. o(rw=n de\ tou\s stratiw/tas deisidaimonou=ntas e)pi\ toi=s shmei/ois e)filotimei=to dia\ th=s i)di/as e)pinoi/as kai\ strathgi/as metaqei=nai ta\s tou= plh/qous eu)labei/as.
Notes:
cf. generally
delta 368.
[1] Likewise in other lexica.
[2] Here in the genitive singular (or, less probably, accusative plural), evidently quoted from somewhere.
[3]
Diodorus Siculus 15.53.4 (on Epaminondas:
epsilon 1949), with a present participle of the related verb.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2003@16:08:47.
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