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|Definition=(A), Act. only pres. and impf. (but <b class="b3">ἔδευσε</b> may be for <b class="b3">ἔδαυσε</b> aor. 1, cf. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1902.1098): —Pass., pres. and impf., Hom.: aor. 2 subj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δάηται <span class="bibl">Il.20.316</span>: also intr. in pf. <span class="bibl">2</span> Act. <b class="b3">δέδηα</b>, plpf. <b class="b3">δεδήειν</b> (v. infr.); Ep. part. fem. δεδᾰυῖα <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>6.305</span>: aor. part. δαισθείς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>914</span> (if not from <b class="b3">δαίνυμι</b>): also aor. 2 subj. <b class="b3">δαβῇ, ἐκδαβῇ</b>, Hsch.: pf. Pass. <b class="b3">δέδαυμαι</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>). (<b class="b3">Δαϝ-ψω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">δε-δαυ-μένος, δαβελός</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">dunō óti</b> 'burn'):—poet. Verb, <b class="b2">light up, kindle</b>, <b class="b3">δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος ἀκάματον πῦρ</b> <b class="b2">she made</b> fire <b class="b2">burn</b> from... <span class="bibl">Il.5.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7</span>; ἐκ δ' αὐτοῦ δαῖε φλόγα <span class="bibl">18.206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">227</span>; so πῦρ καὶ φῶς δ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>864</span> (lyr.); φλόγα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>496</span>: metaph., δαῖε δ' ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς . . πόθον <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1147</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">blaze, burn fiercely</b>, ἐν πεδίῳ πῦρ δαίετο καῖε δὲ νεκρούς <span class="bibl">Il.21.343</span>; <b class="b3">πυρὶ ὄσσε δεδήει</b> <b class="b2">blazed</b> with fire, <span class="bibl">12.466</span>; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε δαίεται <b class="b2">blaze like fire</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.132</span>; σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο φλόξ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>765</span>: mostly metaph. sense, μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηεν <span class="bibl">Il.20.18</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">12.35</span>, <span class="bibl">17.253</span>; <b class="b3">Ὄσσα δεδήει</b> Rumour <b class="b2">spread like wild-fire</b>, <span class="bibl">2.93</span>; φιλοφροσύνη δεδήει <b class="b2">glowed</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.130.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">burn up</b>, μῆρ' ἐπὶ βωμῶν <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1035.20 (Pergam.); <b class="b3">σάρκας ἔδευσε</b> (sic) <b class="b3">πυρί</b> <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span> l.c.; <b class="b3">τὰν χώραν δ</b>. Decr.Byz. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.90</span>; <b class="b2">use cautery</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Haem.</span>2</span> (very rare in Prose):—Pass., φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς E. l.c.; μηρίων δεδαυμένων <span class="bibl">Semon.30</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἔρωτι δεδ</b>., prob. in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>50</span> (cf. δάκνω <span class="bibl">111</span>).</span><br /><span class="bld">δαίω</span> (B), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">divide</b>:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. <b class="b3">ἔδαισα</b> v. [[δαίνυμι]]) <b class="b3">, δαΐζω</b> being used:—Pass., <b class="b3">δαίεται ἦτορ</b> my heart <b class="b2">is torn, distracted</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.48</span>: Ep. 3pl. pf., <b class="b3">Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">23</span>: —more freq. in Med., <b class="b2">distribute</b>, κρέα δαίετο <span class="bibl">15.140</span>; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος <span class="bibl">17.332</span>; πήματα . . δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.81</span>; cf. <b class="b3">δατέομαι</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> aor. <b class="b3">ἔδαισα</b>, <b class="b2">feast</b>, from Hdt. downwards, though formed from <b class="b3">δαίω</b>, belongs in sense to <b class="b3">δαίνυμι</b> (q. v.):—Med., <b class="b2">feast on</b>, [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>72</span>. (<b class="b3">δαι-</b> also in <b class="b3">δαίς, δαίνυμι</b>, etc.: prob. akin to <b class="b3">δα-</b> in <b class="b3">δατέομαι</b>.) </span>