δῖος
dios
heavenly
Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δῖος, δῖᾰ (, v. infr.), δῖον, fem. δίᾱ in Rh. 226 (lyr.), IT 404 (lyr.) (δίη Th. 260 codd.); fem. δῖος Ba. 599 (anap.):—A. in Ep., heavenly, δ. γένος Il. 9.538, etc., used by , 1. of goddesses, δῖα θεά 10.290; more freq. δῖα θεάων, with superl. force, 18.388, 19.6, etc.; δαίμονα δῖον Th. 991. 2. of illustrious men or women, noble, Il. 2.221, etc.; δῖα γυναικῶν noblest of women, Od. 4.305; excellent, δ. ὑφορβός 16.20, al. 3. of nations, etc., δῖοι Ἀχαιοί Il. 5.451; δ. Πελασγοί Od. 19.177; δ. ἑταῖροι Il. 5.692; of cities, as Elis, 2.615; Lacedaemon, Od. 3.326. 4. of a noble horse, Il. 8.185, 23.346. 5. of things, esp. of the powers of nature, divine, awful, marvellous, αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης, εἰς ἅλα δῖαν, χθὼν δῖα, Il. 16.365, 1.141, 14.347, cf. 109.2; δῖον πῦρ Alc. 5, etc.; δῖα Χάρυβδις Od. 12.104. II. first in Trag. as Adj. of Ζεύς, Δ. βούλευμα Pr. 619; Δ. ὄμμα, στόμα, ib.654, 1033, etc. (For dǐv-ǐyos, cf. Skt. div-yá-ʼheavenly’ (freq. trisyll.), but fem. δῖα for div-ya.)
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