δαίω1
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δήϊος: ἐκ τοῦ δαίω, τὸ καίω, γίνεται δαΐω καὶ δηΐω καὶ περισπώμενον δηϊῶ τρίτης συζυγίας ‘Ἀχαιῶν δῃωθέντων’ (Δ 417)· […] ἐκ τοῦ δαΐω γίνεται ὄνομα δάϊος καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς η γίνεται δήϊος.
Translation (En)
Dēïos "inimical": from daiō "to burn" comes *daïō, and dēïō, and perispomenon, dēiô. belonging to the third conjugation, ‘Akhaiôn dēiōthentōn’ (Il. 4.417) […] from daïō comes the noun daïos and by change of /a/ into /ē/ comes dēïos.
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 350 (idem); Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 2.325 (idem); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 760 (Μάχη δὲ καυστειρὴ μυριαχοῦ τῆς ποιήσεως ἡ θερμὴ καὶ πυρόεσσα κατὰ τὸ «μάχοντο δέμας πυρός». διὸ καὶ δηϊοτής καὶ δηΐς ἡ αὐτὴ, καὶ δήϊος πόλεμος, ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω τοῦ δηλοῦντος τὸ καίω); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 263 (Δήϊος: Ὁ πολεμικός· καὶ ἐπίθετον τοῦ πολέμου, ‘Δήϊον ἐς πόλεμον’. Καὶ πάλιν σημαίνει τὸν ἐχθρὸν καὶ πολέμιον, ‘καὶ δηίοισι’. Παρὰ τὸ δέος, δέϊος, καὶ δήϊος, ὁ δέος ἐμποιῶν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ καίω, δάϊος, καὶ δήϊος, ὁ καυστικός. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ κόπτω, δήϊος, ὁ διακοπτικὸς ἀνθρώπων καὶ οἴκων καὶ πόλεων καὶ δένδρων); Etym. Symeonis, delta 159 (Δήϊος· ὁ πολεμικὸς καὶ ἐπίθετον τοῦ πολέμου· δήϊον ἐς πόλεμον. Παρὰ τὸ δέος δέϊος καὶ δήϊος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ καίω, δάϊος καὶ δήϊος ὁ καυστικός· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ κόπτω, ὅθεν δαιτρός καὶ δήϊος, ὁ διακοπτικὸς ἀνθρώπων); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 492 (Δήϊος. πολέμιος. καὶ ἐπίθετον τοῦ πολέμου. παρὰ τὸ δέος, δέϊος καὶ δήϊος, ὁ δέος ἐμποιῶν. [ἢ παρὰ τὸ δαίω τὸ καίω, ὅθεν καὶ δαιτρὸς, ὁ διακόπτων τὰ κρέατα καὶ διαμερίζων, καὶ δήϊος ὁ διακοπτικὸς ἀνθρώπων καὶ οἴκων καὶ πόλεων καὶ δένδρων.])
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on the frequent use of δήϊος as an epithet of "fire" in Homer. Therefore the meaning was derived from this specific context and then generalized to other contexts. The etymology follows.