hostile, destructive,
δάϊος, contr.
δᾷος,α,ον, Dor. for Ep.
δήιος( contr.
δῆος
Thgn. 552b ),η,ον: alsoδάϊος,ον, E. Tr. 1301 (lyr.), HF 915 (lyr.) (Trag. always use the Dor. form): (δαίω Α):—
A. hostile, destructive,Hom.only in Il. , δηί̈ου ἐκ πολέμου
7.119
; δ. ἄνδρα
6.481
: esp. as epith. ofπῦρ, burning, consuming,
8.181 , al.; δάϊοι enemies,
Pi. N. 8.28
, A. Ag. 559 ; λάφυρα δάων
Id. Th. 278
(dub.l.); φόβημα δαί̈ων
S. OC 699
(lyr.): in sg.,fighting man,
Ar. Ra. 1022 ; also δάου μάχας
S. Ichn. 239
; δαί̈ον ὁρμάν hostile,
Ar. Nu. 335
(=[ Philox. ] 18 (anap.)); ἔπιτε δαί̈αν ὁδόν
Ar. Ra. 897
(lyr.).
2. unhappy, wretched,
A. Pers. 282 (lyr.), etc., S. Aj. 784 , E. Andr. 838 (lyr.).
II. (δαῆναι)knowing, cunning,
τεχνίτης
APl. 4.119
(Posid.).Adv.
δαί̈ως
Epicur. Fr. 183
codd. Plu. (δαιμονίωςUsener). [δᾱϊος: but disyll. in Hom. where the last syll. is long; Trag., when disyll., writtenδᾷος,
A. Pers. 282 ;δη̆ῐωνat the end of a pentam., AP 6.123 (Anyte).]
