δε
Καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντι μανθάνειν σοφά → Addiscere aliquid digna res etiam seni → Auch einem Greis ist etwas Weises lernen Zier
English (LSJ)
an enclitic post-position: joined, I to names of Places in the acc., to denote motion towards that place, οἶκόνδε (Att. οἴκαδε) home-wards, ἅλαδε sea-wards, Οὔλυμπόνδε to Olympus, Αἴγυπτόνδε to the Nile, θύραζε (for θύρασδε) to the door (v. sub vocc.); repeated with the possess. Pron., ὅνδε δόμονδε Il.16.445; sts. after εἰς, εἰς ἅλαδε Od.10.351; after the gen. Ἄϊδόσδε. b to names of persons, Πηλεΐωνάδε Il.24.338; to Prons., ἡμέτερόνδε, ὑμ-, Od.8.39, Il. 23.86; ὅνδε, v. supr. In Att. mostly joined to the names of places, Ἐλευσῖνάδε, etc.; also Ἀθήναζε, Θήβαζε (for Ἀθήνασδε, Θήβασδε); rarely, in Att., with appellatives, as οἴκαδε. c to time-words, βουλυτόνδε (v. βουλυτός). 2 to denote purpose only, μήτι φόβονδ' ἀγόρευε Il.5.252. II to the demonstr. Pron., to give it greater force, ὅδε, τοιόσδε, τοσόσδε, etc., such a man as this (v. sub vocc.).
