δαΐς

English (LSJ)

δαΐδος, Att. contr. δᾴς, δᾳδός, ἡ: (δαίω Α):—

   A fire-brand, pinetorch, δαΐδων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων Il.18.492; δαΐδας μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχοντες Od.7.101; δᾷδες, = λαμπάδες, Philyll.29; ἀραμένη δαΐδας IG12(5).229.8; ἔλαχεν μυστιπόλους δ, of a δᾳδοῦχος, ib.3.172: in sg., Ar.Nu. 1494, Antiph.199,272: collective in sg., metaph., ἐπὶ τὴν δᾷδα προελθεῖν to come to the funeral-torch. i.e. end of life, Plu.2.789a.    2 as collective noun, pine-wood, such as torches were made of, SIG 57.32 (Milet., V B.C.), Ar.Nu.612, Th.7.53, X.Cyr.7.5.23, Arist. Col. 791b24, Supp.Epigr.1.329.24.    3 a disease in pines, resin-glut, Thphr.HP3.9.5.    4 = δαδίον 2, Hp Mul.2.133.

German (Pape)

[Seite 515] ίδος, ἡ (δαίω), zsgz. δᾴς, w. m. s., 1) Feuerbrand, Kienfackel, Homer δαίδων Iliad. 18, 492 Odyss. 18, 354. 19, 48. 23, 290, δαΐδας Odyss. 1, 428. 434. 2, 105. 7, 101. 18, 310. 19, 150. 24, 140. – Hes. Sc. 275. – 2) δαΐ, dativ., = Schlacht, Kampf: Homer ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ Versende Iliad. 13, 286. 24, 739, ἐν δαῒλευγαλέῃ Iliad. 14, 387, δαῒκταμένων αἰζηῶν Versende (var. lect. δαϊκταμένων) Iliad. 21, 146. 301, vgl. Scholl. Herodian. Iliad. 21, 301. – Hes. Th. 650; Aesch. Spt. 926 u. Sp. D., wie Theocr. 22, 79; den acc. δαΐν hat Callim. frg. 243, Theaet. 3 (Plan. 233). – Ueber den Accent vgl. Scholl. Herodian. Iliad. 11, 677. 14, 387. – Für δαΐς »Fackel« steht die Ableitung von δαίω »brennen« fest; δαΐ »Schlacht« kann einen andern Ursprung haben, obschon Homer allerdings μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηεν u. Aehnliches sagt.