δήν

English (LSJ)

Dor. δάν (or δοάν Alcm.135, cf. A.D.Adv.160.18), Adv.

   A for a long while, Il.5.412; οὐδὲ γὰρ . . δ. ἦν nor was he long-lived, 6.131, cf. 16.736; δ. δὴ . . φίλοι ὦμεν Thgn.1243; ἐπὶ δ. μετέπειτα A.R.1.516, cf. Euph.9.8; once in Trag., A.Pers.584 (lyr.).    2 long ago, δ. οἴχεσθαι Od.18.313. (δοάν, = δϝάν, cf. Lat. dudum: hence ουδε δ (ϝ) ήν Il.16.736.)