δαίω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A),<br><span class="bld">A</span> Act. only pres. and impf. (but [[ἔδευσε]] may be for [[ἔδαυσε]] aor. 1, cf. infr. ''ΙΙ'', ''Berl.Sitzb.'' 1902.1098): —Pass., pres. and impf., Hom.: aor. 2 subj. δάηται Il.20.316: also intr. in pf. 2 Act. [[δέδηα]], plpf. [[δεδήειν]] (v. infr.); Ep. part. fem. δεδᾰυῖα [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 6.305: aor. part. δαισθείς E.''Heracl.''914 (if not from [[δαίνυμι]]): also aor. 2 subj. [[δαβῇ]], [[ἐκδαβῇ]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: pf. Pass. [[δέδαυμαι]] (v. infr. ''ΙΙ''). (<b class="b3">Δαϝψω</b>, cf. [[δεδαυμένος]], [[δαβελός]], Skt. dunō óti '[[burn]]'):—poet. Verb, [[light up]], [[kindle]], <b class="b3">δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος ἀκάματον πῦρ</b> she made [[fire]] [[burn]] from... Il.5.4, cf. 7; ἐκ δ' αὐτοῦ δαῖε φλόγα 18.206, cf. 227; so πῦρ καὶ φῶς δ. A.''Ch.''864 (lyr.); φλόγα Id.''Ag.''496: metaph., δαῖε δ' ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς… πόθον A.R.4.1147:—Pass., [[blaze]], [[burn fiercely]], ἐν πεδίῳ πῦρ δαίετο καῖε δὲ νεκρούς Il.21.343; <b class="b3">πυρὶ ὄσσε δεδήει</b> [[blaze]]d with [[fire]], 12.466; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε δαίεται [[blaze like fire]], Od.6.132; σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο [[φλόξ]] S.''Tr.''765: mostly metaph. sense, μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηεν Il.20.18, al., cf. 12.35, 17.253; [[ὄσσα δεδήει]] = [[rumour]] [[spread]] like [[wild]]-[[fire]], 2.93; [[φιλοφροσύνη]] δεδήει [[glow]]ed, Emp.130.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[burn up]], μῆρ' ἐπὶ βωμῶν ''Epigr.Gr.''1035.20 (Pergam.); <b class="b3">σάρκας ἔδευσε</b> (sic) [[πυρί]] ''Berl.Sitzb.'' [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">τὰν χώραν δ.</b> Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.90; [[use cautery]], Hp.''Haem.''2 (very rare in Prose):—Pass., φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς E. [[l.c.]]; μηρίων δεδαυμένων Semon.30; <b class="b3">ἐν ἔρωτι δεδ</b>., prob. in Call.''Epigr.''50 (cf. [[δάκνω]] ''III'').<br /><br />(B),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[divide]]:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. ἔδαισα v. [[δαίνυμι]]) <b class="b3">, δαΐζω</b> being used:—Pass., <b class="b3">δαίεται ἦτορ</b> my [[heart]] is torn, [[distract]]ed, Od.1.48: Ep. 3pl. pf., <b class="b3">Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται</b> ib.23: —more freq. in Med., [[distribute]], κρέα δαίετο 15.140; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος 17.332; πήματα… δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι Pi.''P.''3.81; cf. [[δατέομαι]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> aor. ἔδαισα, [[feast]], from [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] downwards, though formed from [[δαίω]], belongs in sense to [[δαίνυμι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):—Med., [[feast on]], [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται Matro ''Conv.''72. (<b class="b3">δαι-</b> also in [[δαίς]], [[δαίνυμι]], etc.: prob. akin to <b class="b3">δα-</b> in [[δατέομαι]].)