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δῆτα

deta

aye

Appears 140 times across Plato's dialogues.

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δῆτα, Adv., lengthd. and more emphatic form of δή, first as v.l. in Hdt. 4.69, mostly used by Trag. and Pl. (v. infr.).—Never placed at the beginning of a sentence or verse, exc. in S. Aj. 986. 1. in answers, mostly added to a word which echoes a statement or question, as ἴσασιν ὅστις ἦρξε . . Answ. ἴσασι δ. aye they know, E. Med. 1373; γιγνώσκεθʼ ὑμεῖς . .; Answ. γιγνώσκομεν δ. yes we know her, Ar. Th. 606, cf. Eq. 6, al.; ἰωὰ δὴ κατʼ ἄστυ. Answ. ἰωὰ δ. A. Pers. 1071, cf. S. OC 536 (lyr.), Pl. R. 333a, Phd. 90d, al. (with a word repeated in the same speech, ὥς μʼ ἀπώλεσας· ἀπώλεσας δ. how hast thou destroyed me! —aye, destroyed indeed, S. El. 1164; ἰὼ δύστηνε σύ, δύστηνε δῆτα Id. Ph. 760); also to correct the previous speaker, οἴκτιρέ θʼ ἡμᾶς . . Answ. οἴκτιρε δ . . . ἐκγόνους nay rather pity . ., E. El. 673, cf. 676; without repeating the word, αὐτὸς δʼ ἀναλοῖ δ. yes truly . ., A. Th. 814; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς δ. Ar. Ra. 552: freq. with a neg., not so, οὐ δῆτα μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω Id. Eq. 870; οὐ δῆτʼ ἔγωγε faith not I, Id. Av. 1391, E. Med. 1048; οὐ δ. Lacon. ap. Arist. Rh. 1419a34, cf. Pol. 1313a33. 2. in questions, to mark an inference or consequence (cf. δή) , τί δ.; what then? A. Pr. 627; τίδ. ἐρεῖς, ἤν . .; Ar. Nu. 1087; τί δ. ἐπειδὰν . .; Id. Ach. 1011; πῶς δ.; A. Ag. 1211, Ar. Nu. 79; ἆρʼ οἶσθα δ.; S. OT 1014; ἀλλὰ δ . . .; as the last of several questions, Id. Aj. 466, etc.; ποῦ δῆθʼ ὁ τῖμος; A. Ch. 916; ποῖ δ. κρανεῖ; ib.1075, etc.; sts. expressing indignation, καὶ δῆτʼ ἐτόλμας; and so thou hast dared? S. Ant. 449; ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνασχετά; Id. Ph. 987; ἦ ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνεκτά; Id. OT 429; ἔγνωκας οὖν δῆτʼ . .; Ar. Eq. 871; ironical, τῷ σῷ δικαίῳ δ. ἐπισπέσθαι με δεῖ; your principle of justice forsooth, S. El. 1037, cf. OT 364; in implied questions, esp. after ἀλλά, ἀλλʼ ἡ τέκνων δῆτʼ ὄψις ἦν ἐφίμερος ib.1375, cf. Ar. Av. 375, Pl. Hp.Ma. 283c; τὴν Εὐρυτείαν οἶσθα δ. παρθένον; of course you know . ., S. Tr. 1219. 3. in prayers or wishes, ἀπόλοιο δ. now a murrain take thee! Ar. Nu. 6; λαβοῦ, λαβοῦ δ. take, oh take hold, E. Or. 219, cf. 1231, etc.; σκόπει δ. just think, Pl. Grg. 452c: with μή, it strengthens the deprecatory force, μὴ δ. τοῦτό γʼ S. Ph. 762, cf. 1367; μὴ δ. μὴ δ. ἴδοιμι Id. OT 830, cf. 1153. 4. in resuming after a parenthesis, ἑσπέρας γε . . —ἑσπέρας δ. Pl. Prt. 310c. 5. καὶ δ., = καὶ δή, ibid., Ar. Av. 511, Th. 6.38. II. rarely, like δή I, to emphasize single words, ἅπασι δ. Ar. Ec. 1144.
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