δέατο
ἀναρχία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ πλεισταρχία → the rule of the widest sway of opinion is the same as no rule at all (Gregory Nazianzenus, De vita sua 1744)
English (LSJ)
A seemed, ἀεικέλιος δέατ' εἶναι methought he was a pitiful fellow, Od.6.242; εἰκ ἂν δέατοι, = ἢν δοκῇ, ὅσᾳ ἂν δ., = ὅσῃ ἂν δοκῇ, IG5(2).6.10, 18 (Tegea); ὁπόθ' ἂν δεάσητοι ἀμφοτέροις ib.343.24 (Orchom. Arc.); cf. δέαται· δοκεῖ, δεάμην· ἐδοκίμαζον, ἐδόξαζον, δέασθεν (prob.): ἐδόκουν, Hsch. (Root δεψᾰ, cf. δῆλος, δοάσσατο, Skt. d[imacracute]deti 'appear'.)
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δέατο: μόνον ἐν Ὀδ. Ζ. 242, ἀεικέλιος δέατ᾿ εἶναι, ἔνθα ἑρμηνεύεται διὰ τοῦ ἐδόκει, ἐφαίνετο, ἐνόμισα ὅτι ἦτο ἐλεεινὸς ἄνθρωπος· καὶ ὁ Ἡσυχ. δὲ ἔχει «δέαται, δοκεῖ»· καὶ ἐν τῇ Τεγεατικῇ Ἐπιγραφ. (Jahn’s Jahrb., 1861) ἀπαντῶσιν οἱ τύποι εἰ κἂν δέατοι = ἢν δοκῇ, ὅσᾳ ἂν δ. = ὅση ἂν δοκῇ. (Ἡ ῥίζα κατὰ τὸν Κούρτ. εἶναι ΔΙF (ὡς ἐν τῷ δέελος, δῆλος) = φαίνομαι· ἀλλὰ ἀμφισβητεῖται τοῦτο, ἴδε Gr. Etym. σ. 520.)
