δαίω

daio-2

divide

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 2
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

57
Book 9 1
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9211
Odyssey 1
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Book 1 1
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123

Dictionary (LSJ)

δαίω (B), A. divide:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. ἔδαισα v. δαίνυμι) , δαΐζω being used:—Pass., δαίεται ἦτορ my heart is torn, distracted, Od. 1.48: Ep. 3pl. pf., Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται ib.23: —more freq. in Med., distribute, κρέα δαίετο 15.140; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος 17.332; πήματα . . δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι Pi. P. 3.81; cf. δατέομαι. II. aor. ἔδαισα, feast, from Hdt. downwards, though formed from δαίω, belongs in sense to δαίνυμι (q. v.):—Med., feast on, [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται Matro Conv. 72. (δαι- also in δαίς, δαίνυμι, etc.: prob. akin to δα- in δατέομαι.)

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