δαίω

English (LSJ)

(A), Act. only pres. and impf. (but ἔδευσε may be for ἔδαυσε aor. 1, cf. infr. 11, Berl.Sitzb. 1902.1098): —Pass., pres. and impf., Hom.: aor. 2 subj.

   A δάηται Il.20.316: also intr. in pf. 2 Act. δέδηα, plpf. δεδήειν (v. infr.); Ep. part. fem. δεδᾰυῖα Nonn.D.6.305: aor. part. δαισθείς E.Heracl.914 (if not from δαίνυμι): also aor. 2 subj. δαβῇ, ἐκδαβῇ, Hsch.: pf. Pass. δέδαυμαι (v. infr. 11). (Δαϝ-ψω, cf. δε-δαυ-μένος, δαβελός, Skt. dunō óti 'burn'):—poet. Verb, light up, kindle, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος ἀκάματον πῦρ she made fire burn from... Il.5.4, cf. 7; ἐκ δ' αὐτοῦ δαῖε φλόγα 18.206, cf. 227; so πῦρ καὶ φῶς δ. A.Ch.864 (lyr.); φλόγα Id.Ag.496: metaph., δαῖε δ' ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς . . πόθον A.R.4.1147:—Pass., blaze, burn fiercely, ἐν πεδίῳ πῦρ δαίετο καῖε δὲ νεκρούς Il.21.343; πυρὶ ὄσσε δεδήει blazed with fire, 12.466; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε δαίεται blaze like fire, Od.6.132; σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο φλόξ S.Tr.765: mostly metaph. sense, μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηεν Il.20.18, al., cf. 12.35, 17.253; Ὄσσα δεδήει Rumour spread like wild-fire, 2.93; φιλοφροσύνη δεδήει glowed, Emp.130.2.    II burn up, μῆρ' ἐπὶ βωμῶν Epigr.Gr.1035.20 (Pergam.); σάρκας ἔδευσε (sic) πυρί Berl.Sitzb. l.c.; τὰν χώραν δ. Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.90; use cautery, Hp.Haem.2 (very rare in Prose):—Pass., φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς E. l.c.; μηρίων δεδαυμένων Semon.30; ἐν ἔρωτι δεδ., prob. in Call.Epigr.50 (cf. δάκνω 111).
δαίω (B),

   A divide:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. ἔδαισα v. δαίνυμι) , δαΐζω being used:—Pass., δαίεται ἦτορ my heart is torn, distracted, Od.1.48: Ep. 3pl. pf., Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται ib.23: —more freq. in Med., distribute, κρέα δαίετο 15.140; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος 17.332; πήματα . . δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι Pi.P.3.81; cf. δατέομαι.    II aor. ἔδαισα, feast, from Hdt. downwards, though formed from δαίω, belongs in sense to δαίνυμι (q. v.):—Med., feast on, [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται Matro Conv.72. (δαι- also in δαίς, δαίνυμι, etc.: prob. akin to δα- in δατέομαι.)