δηλέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Dor. δᾱλ- <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.48</span>: fut. <b class="b3">-ήσομαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐδηλησάμην</b>: pf. <b class="b3">δεδήλημαι</b>, prob. in act. sense, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>175</span> (in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.198</span>, <span class="bibl">8.100</span>): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> mostly of persons, [[hurt]], [[do a mischief to]], <b class="b3">μήπως [ἵππους] δηλήσεαι</b>, by accident, <span class="bibl">Il.23.428</span>; also on purpose, Ἀχαιοὺς ὑπὲρ ὅρκια δηλήσασθαι <span class="bibl">4.67</span>; <b class="b3">ἠέ σε… ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντο</b> [[did]] thee [[a mischief]], i.e. [[slew]] thee, <span class="bibl">Od.11.401</span>; <b class="b3">μή με… δηλήσεται ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ</b> (Ep. subj.) <span class="bibl">22.368</span>; of the sword, <b class="b3">ῥινὸν δηλήσατο χαλκός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">278</span>; ἄλλον δηλήσομαι, ἄλλον ὀνήσω <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>541</span>; δ. τινὰ ἔργμασι λυγροῖς <span class="bibl">Mimn.7</span>, = <span class="bibl">Thgn.795</span>: in Ion. Prose, ἵνα μὴ ἔχοιέν σφεας δηλέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.51</span>; πλεῖστόν σφεας ἐδηλέετο ἡ ἐσθής <span class="bibl">Id.9.63</span>; τοὺς… ποτῷ δαλήσατο Κίρκα <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[damage]], [[spoil]], καρπὸν ἐδηλήσαντ' <span class="bibl">Il.1.156</span>; so in Hdt., γῆν δ. πολλά <span class="bibl">4.115</span>; ἅλμην ἐπανθέουσαν, ὥστε καὶ τὰς πυραμίδας δηλέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.2.12</span>: freq. in Hom. in the phrase, <b class="b3">ὅρκια δηλήσασθαι</b> [[violate]] a truce, <span class="bibl">Il.3.107</span>, al.; of thieves, <b class="b3">μή τις… δηλήσεται</b> (Ep. subj.) [[should steal them]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.444</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.124</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[to do mischief]], [[be hurtful]], ἔνθα κε σὴ βουλὴ δηλήσεται <span class="bibl">Il.14.102</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἠδ' ὅσα… ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντο</b> all [[the mischief]] they [[did]], <span class="bibl">Od.10.459</span>. (Ep., Ion., and rarely Dor., Theoc. Il. cc.; cf. <b class="b3">δάλλει, πανδάλητος</b>, and perh. <b class="b3">ἀδαλές</b>.) </span><br /><span class="bld">δηλέομαι</span> (B), only in fut. Pass., <b class="b3">δηληθήσονται· θεωρηθήσονται</b>, Hsch.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[hurt]], [[damage]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">δηλήσασθαι</b> , <b class="b3">δαλ-</b> Theoc. 9, 36; 15, 48; El. <b class="b3">κα-δαλέοιτο</b>, <b class="b3">κα-δαλέμενοι</b> (<b class="b3">κα-ζαλ-</b>), perf. <b class="b3">δεδήλημαι</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δήλημα</b> [[damage]], [[destruction]] (Od.; on the meaning Chantr. Form. 183), and <b class="b3">δηλήμων</b> [[damaging]], [[ruin]] (Hom.); <b class="b3">δήλησις</b> [[damage]] (Ion., Thphr.); - <b class="b3">δηλήεις</b> [[destructing]] (Nic.), after nominal <b class="b3">αἰγλήεις</b> etc.; <b class="b3">δηλητήριος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Teos Va u. a.), <b class="b3">-ιον</b> [[poison]] (Hp. Ep.); <b class="b3">δηλητήρ</b> only Hom. Epigr. 14, 8; <b class="b3">δηλητηριώδης</b> (Dav. Proll.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Schwyzer (720) took it as an iterative-intensive deverbative. With short <b class="b3">α</b>, <b class="b3">φρενο-δαλής</b> [[destroying the mind]] (A. Eu. 330 lyr.), <b class="b3">δάλλει κακουργεῖ</b> H., also <b class="b3">παν-δάλητος</b> [[destroyed]] (Hippon. 2); also, with unknown quantity, <b class="b3">ἀδαλές ὑγιές</b>, <b class="b3">δάλαν λύμην</b>, <b class="b3">δαλῃ̃ κακουργῃ̃</b>, <b class="b3">δαλήσασθαι λυμήνασθαι</b>, <b class="b3">ἀδικῆσαι</b> H. Doubtdul <b class="b3">ζά-δηλος</b> (Alc., s. v.). - As *split <b class="b3">δηλέομαι</b> was connected with <b class="b3">δαιδάλλω</b>, <b class="b3">δέλτος</b> as IE. <b class="b2">*del-</b> (and connected with Lat. [[doleō]], [[dolor]]. This etymology assumes for <b class="b3">δηλέομαι</b> PGr. [[ē]] as lengthened grade of [[e]] (beside zero grade in <b class="b3">φρενο-δαλής</b> etc.). Elean could have <b class="b3">α</b> from <b class="b3">η</b>. See DELG; hyperdorism is improbable. Wackernagel Glotta 14, 51f. held <b class="b3">δαλ-</b> for old. Conbined with the improbability of a long a in IE, the conclusion is that the verb is non-IE = Pre-Greek.