δάις
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δαίζω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
daizō
English translation (word)
to cleave
Transliteration (Etymon)
dais
English translation (etymon)
battle
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Lexicon, delta 13
Ed.
C. Theodoridis, Photii patriarchae lexicon (Α—Δ), vol. 1, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1982
Quotation
Δαΐζων· διακόπτων. ἢ παρὰ τὴν δάϊν, τὴν μάχην, ὁ καταμαχόμενος
Translation (En)
Daizōn "cutting", or from daïs "battle", the fighting one
Parallels
Συναγωγὴ λέξεων χρησίμων, delta 7 (δαΐζων· διακόπτων. ἢ παρὰ τήνδε τὴν μάχην καταμαχόμενος [read παρὰ τὴν δάϊν, τὴν μάχην, ὁ καταμαχόμενος]); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 244 (Δαΐζων: Διακόπτων· ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω, τὸ κόπτω· ἢ παρὰ τὴν δάϊν, τὴν μάχην, ὁ καταμαχόμενος); Etym. Symeonis, delta 7 (Δαΐζων· διακόπτων· ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω τὸ κόπτω· ἢ παρὰ τὴν δάϊδα τὴν μάχην); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 471 (Δαΐζων. διακόπτων. ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω τὸ κόπτω, ἢ παρὰ τὴν δαΐδα, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν μάχην); Schol. in Oppinanum, Hal. 2.310 (Δαϊζόμενος· κοπτόμενος, κατακοπτόμενος, ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω τὸ κόπτω, ἢ παρὰ τὴν δάϊν τὴν μάχην ὁ καταμαχόμενος)
Modern etymology
Derived from δαίω "to divide"
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, maybe resulting from the observation that -ίζω presents are mostly denominal