Gloss: wretched
Transliteration: deilaios
Strong’s: G6787
lengthened form of δειλός, wretched, sorry, paltry , mostly of persons, [<date>variant dates<author>Tragica Adespota</author></date>; also, δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, (Aeschulus Tragicus); δ. σποδός paltry dust, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. [Penult. is often made short in attic Poets.] (ML)