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|auten=[[now]], [[just]], [[indeed]], [[really]], etc.; a [[particle]] marking [[degree]] of [[time]], [[quality]], or [[emphasis]], [[mostly]] untranslatable by a [[single]] [[word]]; postpositive [[except]] in the [[initial]] phrases δὴ [[τότε]], δὴ [[γάρ]], δὴ [[πάμπαν]], Il. 19.342; καὶ δή μοι [[γέρας]] αὐτὸς ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς, and ‘[[here]] [[now]],’ Il. 1.161 ; ὀκτὼ δὴ [[προέηκα]] ὀιστούς, ‘[[full]] [[eight]] [[already]],’ Il. 8.297 (so [[often]] w. numerals); appended to adverbs of [[time]], [[ὅτε]] δή, ὀψὲ δή, to adjectives (esp. superlatives, κάρτιστοι δή, ‘the [[very]] mightiest’), to [[relative]] and interrogative pronouns, and to [[other]] particles, ὡς δή, [[ironical]]; εἰ δή, if ‘[[really]]’; ἀλλὰ δή, (γὰρ) δή (scilicet enim); esp. in wishes or commands, μὴ δή, ‘only’; [[ἴθι]] δή, [[ἄγε]] δή, etc. δή [[often]] coalesces [[with]] a [[following]] [[long]] vowel or diphthong (‘synizesis’), δὴ [[αὖτε]], δὴ [[οὕτως]] ([[not]] to be written δ).

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|sltr=<b>δή</b> (in synizesis (O. 13.99) coni.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> emphasising<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> adv. λαὸν θαμὰ δὴ καὶ Ὀλυμπιάδων φύλλοις ἐλαιᾶν χρυσέοις μιχθέντα (N. 1.17) [[mostly]] [[preceding]] adv., δὴ τότ' ἐς γαῖαν πορεύειν (O. 3.25) ἀλλ' ἁ Κοιογενὴς ὁπότ ἐπέβα νιν, δὴ [[τότε]] [[τέσσαρες]] ἀπώρουσαν κίονες fr. 33d. 5. ἦν γε μὰν ἐπικῴμιος [[ὕμνος]] δὴ [[πάλαι]], καὶ πρὶν [[γενέσθαι]] τὰν Ἀδράστου [[τάν]] τε Καδμείων ἔριν (N. 8.51) [[ἐπεὶ]] περικτίονας ἐνίκασε [[δή ποτε]] καὶ [[κεῖνος]] (I. 8.64), cf. (O. 9.9) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> adj. δυσπαλὲς δὴ γίνεται (P. 4.273) ]εων ἐλθὲ φίλαν δὴ πόλεα[ Δ. 3. . [[εὐθεῖα]] δὴ [[κέλευθος]] ἀρετὰν [[ἑλεῖν]] fr. 108a. 3. esp. [[following]] numbers, ἑξηκοντάκι δὴ [[ἀμφοτέρωθεν]] (Hermann: δ' ἀμφοτ. codd.: [[ἑξηκοντάκις]] ἀμφοτ. Mommsen) (O. 13.99) τρὶς δὴ (P. 9.91) δὶς δὴ δυοῖν (N. 8.48) πολλὰ δὴ πολλαῖσιν (O. 6.79) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> interrogative, [[direct]] and [[indirect]]. [[τίς]] δὴ ποταίνιον [[ἔλαχε]] στέφανον; (O. 10.60) [[αἰδέομαι]] [[μέγα]] εἰπειν, [[πῶς]] δὴ λίπον εὐκλέα νᾶσον (N. 5.15) “πάτερ [[Κρονίων]], [[τίς]] δὴ [[λύσις]] [[ἔσσεται]] πενθέων;” (N. 10.76) [[ὅστις]] δὴ [[τρόπος]] ἐξεκύλισέ νιν fr. 7.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> [[relative]]-[[demonstrative]] ὁ. Ὀρέστα· τὸν δὴ ἐκ δόλου τροφὸς ἄνελε (P. 11.17) ([[ἀκρωτήριον]] Ἄλιδος）· τὸ [[δή ποτε]] Λυδὸς [[ἥρως]] [[Πέλοψ]] ἐξάρατο (O. 9.9) (γαῖαν), τὰν δὴ καλέοισιν Ὀλυμπίου Διὸς [[ἄλσος]] (I. 2.27) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> [[where]] [[emphasis]] implies an [[abrupt]] [[but]] [[logical]] progression of [[thought]]. [[ἵσταμαι]] δὴ ποσσὶ κούφοις, ἀμπνέων τε [[πρίν]] τι φάμεν (ἐπιλαμβάνεται ἐαυτοῦ ὁ Πίνδαρος. Σ.) (N. 8.19) θερμὰ δὴ τέγγων δάκρυα στοναχαῖς (Er. Schmid: δὲ codd.) (N. 10.75) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b> combined [[with]] [[other]] particles. δὲ δή: εἰ δὲ δή τιν' ἄνδρα θνατὸν Ὀλύμπου σκοποὶ ἐτίμασαν, ἦν [[Τάνταλος]] [[οὗτος]] if [[indeed]], in [[fact]] (O. 1.54) ἦ δή: ἦ [[μάλα]] δὴ [[μετὰ]] καὶ [[νῦν]] [[strong]] [[affirmation]] (P. 4.64)

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