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Headword:
Deisidaimôn
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:Deisidaimôn: theosebês: ê amphibolos peri tên pistin, kai hoionei dedoikôs. kai Deisidaimonias, anti tou theosebeias, eulabeias peri to theion: ê deilias. horôn de tous stratiôtas deisidaimonountas epi tois sêmeiois ephilotimeito dia tês idias epinoias kai stratêgias metatheinai tas tou plêthous eulabeias.
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.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 December 2003@16:08:47.
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