δάϊος
daios
hostile, destructive
Appears 43 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δάϊος, contr. δᾷος, α, ον, Dor. for Ep. δήιος (contr. δῆος 552b), η, ον: also δάϊος, ον, Tr. 1301 (lyr.), HF 915 (lyr.) (Trag. always use the Dor.form): (δαίω Α):—A. hostile, destructive, Hom.only in Il., δηΐου ἐκ πολέμου 7.119; δ. ἄνδρα 6.481: esp. as epith. of πῦρ, burning, consuming, 8.181, al.; δάϊοι enemies, N. 8.28, Ag. 559; λάφυρα δάων Th. 278 (dub.l.); φόβημα δαΐων OC 699 (lyr.): in sg., fighting man, Ra. 1022; also δάου μάχας Ichn. 239; δαΐον ὁρμάν hostile, Nu. 335 (=[]18 (anap.)); ἔπιτε δαΐαν ὁδόν Ra. 897 (lyr.). 2. unhappy, wretched, Pers. 282 (lyr.), etc., Aj. 784, Andr. 838(lyr.). II. (δαῆναι) knowing, cunning, τεχνίτης APl. 16.119 (Posid.). Adv. δαΐως Fr. 183 codd. (δαιμονίως Usener). [δᾱϊος: but disyll. in where the last syll. is long; Trag., when disyll., written δᾷος, Pers. 282; δη˘ῐων at the end of a pentam., AP 6.123 (Anyte).]
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