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|Definition=Dor. δάν (or δοάν <span class="bibl">Alcm.135</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>160.18</span>), Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">for a long while</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.412</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ γὰρ . . δ. ἦν</b> nor was he <b class="b2">long-lived</b>, <span class="bibl">6.131</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.736</span>; δ. δὴ . . φίλοι ὦμεν <span class="bibl">Thgn.1243</span>; ἐπὶ δ. μετέπειτα <span class="bibl">A.R.1.516</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Euph.9.8</span>; once in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>584</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">long ago</b>, δ. οἴχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.18.313</span>. (<b class="b3">δοάν</b>, = [[δϝάν]], cf. Lat. <b class="b2">dudum</b>: hence <b class="b3">ουδε δ (ϝ) ήν</b> <span class="bibl">Il.16.736</span>.)</span>