δειλός
Etym. δέος
I. of persons, "cowardly, craven", Il.; hence, "vile, worthless", id=Il.:— δειλός τινος "afraid of..", Anth.
2. "miserable, luckless, wretched", Hom.; with a compassionate sense, like Lat. miser, δειλοὶ βροτοί "poor" mortals! ἆ δειλέ "poor wretch!" ἆ δειλοί "poor wretches!" id=Hom.
II. of things, "miserable, wretched", Hes., Soph.