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δαίς

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαίς

Etym.: dai/w to kindle

Sense

  1. a fire-brand, pine-torch
  2. pine-wood

Examples

  • σὲ δὲ νῦν ἀναξιμόλπου Οὐρανίασ ὕμνοσ ἕκατι νίκ[ασ Ἀριστομένειον ὦ ποδάνεμον τέκοσ, γεραίρει προδόμοισ ἀοι‐ δαῖσ, ὅτι στάδιον κρατή‐ σασ Κέον εὐκλέϊξασ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 6 2:1)
  • αἰεὶ δ’ ἡμῖν δαίσ τε φίλη κίθαρίσ τε χοροί τε εἵματά τ’ ἐξημοιβὰ λόετρά τε θερμὰ καὶ εὐναί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 14 3:3)
  • σὺ δὲ ἡμῖν δίκαιοσ εἶ λέγειν, ὁ καὶ τῶν Ὁμηρικῶν μεμνημένοσ τούτων τίσ δαίσ, τίσ δὲ ὅμιλοσ ὅδ’ ἔπλετο; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 641)
  • ὥστε ἡ τροφὴ δαὶσ ἐπὶ τῷ δαίεσθαι λέγεται ὅ ἐστι διαμοιρᾶσθαι ἐπ’ ἴσησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 21 2:2)
  • διὸ καὶ μόνου τούτου ἡ τροφὴ δαίσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 21 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. pine-wood

Related

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

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