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δηϊόω

deioo

cut down, slay

Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δηϊόω, Ep.opt. δηϊόῳεν Od. 4.226, part. δηϊόων Il. 17.566; Att.pres. δῃῶ, δῃοῦμεν, -οῦτε, X. Cyr. 3.3.18, Ar. Lys. 1146, part. δῃῶν Il. 17.65: impf. ἐδῄουν Th. 1.65, X. Cyr. 5.4.23, ἐδηΐουν Hdt. 8.33,50 (ἐδῄευν v.l. in 5.89); Ep. δῄουν Il. 11.71, al., δηϊάασκον (as if from δηϊάω) A.R. 2.142: fut. δῃώσω Il. 9.243, etc.: aor. ἐδῄωσα Th. 1.114, subj. δῃώσῃ, -ωσιν, Il. 16.650, 4.416, part. δῃώσας 8.534, al., Ion. δηϊώσας Hdt. 6.135: pf. δεδῄωκα Rh. 8.193 W. (Sopat.):—Med., fut. δῃώσεσθαι (in pass. sense) A.R. 2.117: aor.1 δῃώσασθαι v.l. in J. BJ 2.13.2, cf. Q.S. 5.567, Opp. H. 5.350:—Pass., aor. ἐδηϊώθην Hdt. 7.133, δῃωθείς Il. 4.417: pf., Hsch., part. δεδῃωμένος Luc. DMort. 10.11.—Hom. has δῃ-, when ι is folld. by a long syll.: A.R. forms impf. ἐδήϊον (as if from δηΐω) 3.1374, said by Sch. to be taken from Eumel. (Fr. 9), cf. δῄειν· πολεμεῖν, φονεύειν, Hsch. (δῃεῖν cod.), Cyr., δηίων· διακόπτων, Hsch., Cyr.: this is perh. a difft. Verb, and δήϊον, δῄων might be read in Hom.:— Α. cut down, slay, χαλκῷ δηϊόων Il. 17.566, etc.; ἔγχεϊ δηϊόων περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος slaying [men] . ., 18.195: abs., δῄουν were slaying, 16.771; δηϊόωντο were being slain, 13.675; Ἕκτορα δῃώσαντε 22.218; Κικόνων ὕπο δῃωθέντες Od. 9.66. 2. rend, tear, cleave, δῄουν . . βοείας ἀσπίδας were cleaving shields, Il. 5.452, etc.; of a spear, cut asunder, 14.518; of savage beasts, ἔγκατα πάντα λαφύσσει δῃῶν 17.65, cf. 16.158; τὸν πώγωνα δεδῃωμένος having had his beard cut off, Luc. DMort. 10.11. II. after Hom., waste, ravage a country, Sol. 13.21, Hdt. 5.89, 7.133, etc.; δ. χώραν Ar. Lys. 1146, Th. 1.81, etc.; ἄστυ δῃώσειν πυρί S. OC 1319.
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