δαίω2
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δήιος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
dēios
English translation (word)
inimical, terrible
Transliteration (Etymon)
daiō
English translation (etymon)
to divide
Century
5 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, delta, p. 50
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Δῆρις. παρὰ τὸ δαίω τὸ κόπτω καὶ σφάζω, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ. καὶ δήϊος ὁ πολέμιος. παρὰ τὸ δαίω.
Translation (En)
Dēris "battle": from daiō "to cut" and to kill, by addition of /r/. And dēïos is the enemy, from daiō.
Parallels
No parallel (but see δήϊος / δαίω1 because some explanations relating the word to δαίω1 may rather derive it δαίω2)
Modern etymology
Unclear. Myc. da-i-qo-ta shows that the etymon is *dāhi-, which may be related to δαίομαι "to divide". Beekes, EDG assumes it is Pre-Greek
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology relating δήιος rather to δαίω "to cut", that is, to kill, than to δαίω "to burn". The fact that δαίομαι does not mean "to cut" but "to divide" is not an objection, and the verb is glossed by κόπτω. This etymology was favored by lexicographers who did not rely on the use of δήϊος as an epithet of fire (see δήϊος / δαίω1), but rather on the substantiated use οἱ δήϊοι "the enemies", therefore connecting the word with δάις "battle", etymologized from δαίω "to divide"