δήν
den
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δήν, Dor. δάν (or δοάν 135, cf. Adv. 160.18), Adv. A. for a long while, Il. 5.412; οὐδὲ γὰρ . . δ. ἦν nor was he long-lived, 6.131, cf. 16.736; δ. δὴ . . φίλοι ὦμεν 1243; ἐπὶ δ. μετέπειτα 1.516, cf. 9.8; once in Trag., Pers. 584 (lyr.). 2. long ago, δ. οἴχεσθαι Od. 18.313. (δοάν, = δϝάν, cf. Lat. dudum: hence ουδε_ δ (ϝ) ήν Il. 16.736.)
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