καίω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δαίειν
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
daiō
English translation (word)
to kindle
Transliteration (Etymon)
kaiō
English translation (etymon)
to kindle
Century
1-2 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Lexicon Homericum, p. 33
Ed.
I. Bekker, Apollonii Sophistae lexicon Homericum, Berlin: Reimer, 1833 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1967)
Quotation
κοινωνίαν γὰρ ἔχει τὸ δ πρὸς τὸ κ, ὡς καὶ τὸ καίειν δαίειν.
Translation (En)
The /d/ has some affinities with the /k/, as in kaiein "to kindle" daiein "to kindle"
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, delta 37 (δηλήσηται (Γ 107): ἔστι δηλῶ, τὸ βλάπτω· παρὰ τὸ κῆλα, τὰ βέλη, οἱονεὶ φθαρτικὰ καὶ βλαπτικά, κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ κ εἰς δ, ὡς καίω δαίω, γίνεται δηλῶ); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 351 (idem); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 137 (κοι⸤ν⸥ωνίαν γὰρ ἔχει τὸ δ πρὸς τὸ κ, ὡς τὸ δαί[ν]ειν καίειν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 250 (Καίω, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ κ εἰς δ, δαίω)
Modern etymology
Δαίω, δέδηα belong with θεσπι-δᾱές "extraordinarily burning", δάος, δαΐς "torch". PIE root *deh2u- "to burn" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. Here Apollonius describes the pathos involved, change of the /k/ into /d/. The unusual form, δαίω (Homeric and poetic), is etymologized by the usual one, καίω (prose)