dire

From LSJ

τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adjective

P. and V. δεινός, φοβερός, φρικώδης (Dem. 644), V. δύσχιμος, ἔμφοβος.

suffer some dire calamity: P. ἀνήκεστόν τι πάσχειν.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dīrē, cruellement : Sen. Thyest. 315.