δαίω2

Word

Validation

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Last modification

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Word-form

δαιτυμών

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

daitumōn

English translation (word)

guest (at a banquet)

Transliteration (Etymon)

daiō2

English translation (etymon)

to cut

Author

Suda

Century

10 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

delta 128

Ed.

A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, 4 vols. [Lexicographi Graeci 1.1-1.4. Leipzig: Teubner, 1.1:1928; 1.2:1931; 1.3:1933; 1.4:1935]

Quotation

δαίω γὰρ καὶ τὸ μερίζω. ἐξ οὗ καὶ δαιτυμών καὶ Δαίς, δαιτός, ἡ εὐωχία

Translation (En)

Daiō "to divide". From which also come daitumōn "guest", and dais, daitos "banquet"

Comment

Derivational etymology deriving the word directly from the verb "to divide. to distribute" rather than from the word dais "banquet", which is assumed to be an independent derivative

Modern etymology

Derived from δαιτύς, itself derived from δαίομαι "to divide, to distribute". Belongs with δαίς, δαιτρός, δαίζω, δαίμων. PIE *deh2-I- (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No
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