lengthened form of δειλός, wretched, sorry, paltry , mostly of persons, [variant datesTragica Adespota; also, δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, (Aeschulus Tragicus); δ. σποδός paltry dust, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. [Penult. is often made short in attic Poets.] (ML)