Δῆλος

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English (LSJ)

Dor. Δᾶλος, ἡ,

   A Delos, Od.6.162, Pi.Fr.87, etc.: prov., ᾄδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δ. πλέων, from the careless joviality of the Δηλιασταί (q. v.), Zen.2.37. (Expld. from δῆλος, because of the legend that it became visible on a sudden, Arist.Fr.488, EM264.22; but cf. sq.)