δάϊος

English (LSJ)

contr. δᾷος, α, ον, Dor. for Ep. δήιος (contr. δῆος Thgn. 552b), η, ον: also δάϊος, ον, E.Tr.1301 (lyr.), HF915 (lyr.) (Trag. always use the Dor.form): (δαίω Α):—

   A hostile, destructive, Hom.only in Il., δηΐου ἐκ πολέμου 7.119; δ. ἄνδρα 6.481: esp. as epith. of πῦρ, burning, consuming, 8.181, al.; δάϊοι enemies, Pi.N.8.28, A.Ag.559; λάφυρα δάων Id.Th.278 (dub.l.); φόβημα δαΐων S.OC699 (lyr.): in sg., fighting man, Ar.Ra.1022; also δάου μάχας S.Ichn.239; δαΐον ὁρμάν hostile, Ar.Nu.335 (=[Philox.]18 (anap.)); ἔπιτε δαΐαν ὁδόν Ar.Ra. 897 (lyr.).    2 unhappy, wretched, A.Pers.282 (lyr.), etc., S.Aj.784, E.Andr.838(lyr.).    II (δαῆναι) knowing, cunning, τεχνίτης APl. 4.119 (Posid.). Adv. δαΐως Epicur.Fr.183 codd. Plu. (δαιμονίως Usener). [δᾱϊος: but disyll. in Hom. where the last syll. is long; Trag., when disyll., written δᾷος, A.Pers.282; δηῐων at the end of a pentam., AP6.123 (Anyte).]

German (Pape)

[Seite 515] ion. δήϊος, w. m. s., auch 2 Endungen, Eur. Tr. 1301 Herc. fur. 915; 1) feindlich, vernichtend, bei Tragg. in chor. u. mel.; πῦρ Aesch. Spt. 222; μάχαι Soph. Ai. 365; ἐγχέων φόβημα δαΐων O. C. 597; ὁδός Ar. Ran. 897; δάϊοι, Feinde, Pind. N. 8, 28. – 2) elend, unglücklich, auch im Trimeter diese Form, Aesch. Pers. 274. 947; Soph. Ai. 771; Eur. Herc. Fur. 1023. – 3) erfahren, kundig, δάϊε τεχνῖτα Posidip. 14 (Plan. 119); δαΐως καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς ἐπεμελήθητε Plut. non posse 15.