δαί̈ς,δαί̈δος,
Att.
contr.
δᾴς,δᾳδός, ἡ: (δαίω Α):—
A. fire-brand, pinetorch,
δαί̈δων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων
Il. 18.492
; δαί̈δας μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχοντες
Od. 7.101
;δᾷδες,
= λαμπάδες , Philyll. 29 ; ἀραμένη δαί̈δας
IG 12(5).229.8
;ἔλαχεν μυστιπόλουςδ,of aδᾳδοῦχος,ib. 3.172 : in sg., Ar. Nu. 1494 , Antiph. 199 , 272 : collective in sg., metaph.,ἐπὶ τὴν δᾷδα προελθεῖνto come to thefuneral-torch.i.e. end of life, Plu. 2.789a .
2. as collective noun,pine-wood,such as torches were made of, SIG 57.32 (Milet., V B.C.), Ar. Nu. 612 , Th. 7.53 , X. Cyr. 7.5.23 , Arist. Col. 791b24 , Supp.Epigr. 1.329.24 .
3. a disease in pines, resin-glut,