δῃεῖν

δήω

find: pres inf act (attic epic)

δηϊόω, [dialect] Ep.opt.

A

δηϊόψεν Od.4.226

, part.

δηϊόων Il.17.566

; [dialect] Att.[tense] pres. [full] δῃῶ, δῃοῦμεν, -οῦτε, X.Cyr.3.3.18, Ar.Lys. 1146, part.

δῃῶν Il.17.65

: [tense] impf.

ἐδῄουν Th.1.65

, X.Cyr.5.4.23,

ἐδηΐουν Hdt.8.33

,50 ( ἐδῄευν v.l. in 5.89); [dialect] Ep.

δῄουν Il.11.71

, al., δηϊάασκον (as if from δηϊάω) A.R. 2.142: [tense] fut.

δῃώσω Il.9.243

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐδῄωσα Th.1.114

, subj. δῃώσῃ, -ωσιν, Il.16.650, 4.416, part.

δῃώσας 8.534

, al., [dialect] Ion.

δηϊώσας Hdt.6.135

: [tense] pf.

δεδῄωκα Rh.8.193

W. (Sopat.):—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. δῃώσεσθαι (in pass. sense) A.R.2.117: [tense] aor.1 δῃώσασθαι v.l. in J.BJ2.13.2, cf. Q.S.5.567, Opp.H.5.350:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐδηϊώθην Hdt.7.133

,

δῃωθείς Il.4.417

: [tense] pf., Hsch., part.

δεδῃωμένος Luc.DMort.10.11

.—Hom. has δῃ-, when <*> is folld. by a long syll.: A.R. forms [tense] impf. ἐδήϊον (as if from δηΐω) 3.1374, said by Sch. to be taken from Eumel. (Fr.9), cf. δῄειν· πολεμεῖν, φονεύειν, Hsch. ( δῃεῖν cod.), Cyr., δηίων· διακόπτων, Hsch., Cyr.: this is perh. a difft. Verb, and δήϊον, δῄων might be read in Hom.:— cut down, slay,

χαλκῷ δηϊόων Il.17.566

, etc.; ἔγχεϊ δηϊόων περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος slaying [men].., 18.195: abs.,

δῄουν

were slaying,

16.771

;

δηϊόωντο

were being slain,

13.675

;

Ἕκτορα δῃώσαντε 22.218

;

Κικόνων ὕπο δῃωθέντες Od.9.66

.

2 rend, tear, cleave, δῄουν.. βοείας ἀσπίδας were cleaving shields, Il.5.452, etc.; of a spear, cut asunder, 14.518; of savage beasts,

ἔγκατα πάντα λαφύσσει δῃῶν 17.65

, cf. 16.158; τὸν πώγωνα δεδῃωμένος having had his beard cut off, Luc.DMort.10.11.

II after Hom., waste, ravage a country, Sol.13.21, Hdt.5.89, 7.133, etc.;

δ. χώραν Ar.Lys. 1146

, Th.1.81, etc.;

ἄστυ δῃώσειν πυρί S.OC 1319

.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `inimical, terrible', of πῦρ, also of πόλεμος, ἀνήρ (Il.), (cf. below); through false connection with δαῆναι `able, experienced' ( APl.).

Dialectal forms: Dor. δάϊος, δᾳ̃ος

Derivatives: δηϊοτής, - τῆτος f. (oxytonesis Schwyzer 528 n. 7) `battle, struggle, death' (Hom.); partly as if from δηϊόω (Trümpy Fachausdrücke 136ff.). Denomin. δηϊόω, δῃόω `slay, kill' (Il.), `destroy' (Ion.-Att.); isolated δηϊάασκον (A. R. 2, 142) after ep. - αασκ-. From it δηϊοῦσα surname of κώνειον "the killing" (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 64). - For δηϊόω Wackernagel Unt. 170f. prposes to read in the epic δηΐω (δήϊον for δῄουν Ε 452 etc.), as A. R. 3, 1374 and H. have δῄειν πολεμεῖν, φονεύειν which can be a denomin. of *δηΐς in Δηΐ-φοβος usw. (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 10, 49f.). - Among the PN in Δηϊ- note Δηϊ-άνειρα (S. etc.), formed after ἀντιάνειρα (s. v.), κυδι-άνειρα etc., with verbal reinterpretation of the first member: `killing the man'; cf. Sommer A. u. Sprw. 41.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: The frequent epic expression δήιον πῦρ (verse end) and πυρὸς δηίοιο (combined with θεσπιδαες πῦρ (Μ 177 etc.) suggests a meaning `burning' and connection with δαίω `burn'. The expressions (δ. πῦρ, πυρὸς δηίοιο) are metrically difficult. Ruijgh, Lingua 25, 1970, 318, observes that Myc. Daiqota (cf. Δηιθόντης) has no F, so it must have had an -h- (Dāhi-), which would show that the word is non-IE. There is no overall theory (see DELG). See Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 107, Leumann Hom. Wörter 129,.

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