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δάιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δάιος δάιη δάιον

Structure: δαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: In signf. II from Da/w, dah=nai: in signf. I perh. from dai/+s battle.

Sense

  1. hostile, destructive, dreadful, burning, consuming, enemies, an enemy, hostile
  2. unhappy, wretched
  3. knowing, cunning

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative δαῖος δάίᾱ δαῖον
Genitive δαίου δάίᾱς δαίου
Dative δαίῳ δάίᾱͅ δαίῳ
Accusative δαῖον δάίᾱν δαῖον
Vocative δαῖε δάίᾱ δαῖον
DualN/A/V δαίω δάίᾱ δαίω
G/D δαίοιν δάίαιν δαίοιν
PluralNominative δαῖοι δά́ιαι δαῖα
Genitive δαίων δάιῶν δαίων
Dative δαίοις δάίαις δαίοις
Accusative δαίους δάίᾱς δαῖα
Vocative δαῖοι δά́ιαι δαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δαῖος δαίου δαιώτερος δαιωτέρου δαιώτατος δαιωτάτου
Adverb δαίως δαιώτερον δαιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ δὲ λοετροχόον τρίποδ’ ἵστασαν ἐν πυρὶ κηλέῳ, ἔν δ’ ἄρ’ ὕδωρ ἔχεαν, ὑπὸ δὲ ξύλα δαῖον ἑλοῦσαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 58:2)
  • οἳ δὲ λοετροχόον τρίποδ’ ἵστασαν ἐν πυρὶ κηλέῳ, ἐν δ’ ἄρ’ ὕδωρ ἔχεαν, ὑπὸ δὲ ξύλα δαῖον ἑλόντεσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 32:2)
  • ἡ δὲ εὐτυχία, ὅταν ἐφ’ ἃ σκοπεῖ πράξῃ κατ’ ὀρθὸν ἃ δεῖ πράττειν τὸν σπου‐ δαῖον. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 98:4)
  • δάιον τόδε δάιον μέλοσ ἐπαυλεῖται. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, lyric1)
  • τὸν δάϊον Μίμαντα πυρὶ καταιθαλοῖ. (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 28)
  • ταῦτ’ ἄρ’ ἐποίουν ὑγρᾶν Νεφελᾶν στρεπταιγλᾶν δάιον ὁρμάν, πλοκάμουσ θ’ ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶ πρημαινούσασ τε θυέλλασ, εἶτ’ ἀερίασ διεράσ, γαμψοὺσ οἰωνοὺσ ἀερονηχεῖσ, ὄμβρουσ θ’ ὑδάτων δροσερᾶν Νεφελᾶν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests22)
  • νῦν δέ μοι πρὸ τειχέων θούριοσ μολὼν Ἄρησ αἷμα δάιον φλέγει τᾷδ’, ὃ μὴ τύχοι, πόλει· (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. unhappy

  2. knowing

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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