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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[seemed]], <b class="b3">ἀεικέλιος δέατ' εἶναι</b> [[methought]] he was a pitiful fellow, <span class="bibl">Od.6.242</span>; <b class="b3">εἰκ ἂν δέατοι</b>, = [[ἢν δοκῇ]], ὅσᾳ ἂν δ., = [[ὅσῃ ἂν δοκῇ]], <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).6.10, 18 (Tegea); <b class="b3">ὁπόθ' ἂν δεάσητοι ἀμφοτέροις</b> ib.343.24 (Orchom. Arc.); cf. <b class="b3">δέαται· δοκεῖ, δεάμην· ἐδοκίμαζον, ἐδόξαζον, δέασθεν</b> (prob.): <b class="b3">ἐδόκουν</b>, Hsch. (Root δεψᾰ, cf. <b class="b3">δῆλος, δοάσσατο</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">d[imacracute]deti</b> 'appear'.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[seemed]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: isolated imperfect 3. sg. ζ 242; beside <b class="b3">δεάμην ἐδοκίμαζον</b>, <b class="b3">ἐδόξαζον</b> and <b class="b3">δέαται φαίνεται</b>, <b class="b3">δοκεῖ</b> H.; Arcadian subj. <b class="b3">δέατοι</b> and (aor.) <b class="b3">δεά[σε]τοι</b>. Here perhaps also the aorist <b class="b3">δοάσσατο</b>, subj. <b class="b3">δοάσσεται</b> (Hom.) for <b class="b3">*δεάσσατο</b>, <b class="b3">-εται</b> after <b class="b3">ἔδοξε</b> (Wackernagel Unt. 61f.), but cf. <b class="b3">τροχάζω</b> from <b class="b3">τρέχω</b>; cf. Ruijgh Él. Ach. 130.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [183] <b class="b2">*dei(h₂)-</b> [[seem]], [[shine]]<br />Etymology: Disyllabic root <b class="b2">*deih₂-</b> in <b class="b3">δέα-το</b> (Schwyzer 680f.), also in the adjective [[δῆλος]] (s. v.) < <b class="b3">*δέα-λος</b>. Monosyllabic form in Sanskrit, <b class="b2">dī́-de-ti</b> [[seems]], ipv. <b class="b2">di-dī-hí</b>, IE <b class="b2">*dei-</b>. - Cf. [[δῖος]] and [[Ζεύς]], [[δέελος]], [[δῆλος]].