δαίς,δαιτός,ἡ,(δαίω Β)
A. meal, banquet, δαὶς ἐί̈ση, duly shared,
Il. 15.95 , etc.;δαὶς πίειραsumptuousbanquet,
19.179 ;sacrificial feast,
βωμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐί̈σης
24.69
; δαῖτα θάλειαν
Hom.
Fr.inc.
4 Kinkel (cf. Od. 17.382 );Θυέστου δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν the feastof Th. on . ., A. Ag. 1242 , cf. 1593 : pl., Od. 20.182 , A. Ch. 483 : of beasts of prey, Il. 24.43 ; [ τούτοις] παρέξω δαῖθ' ὑφ' ὧν ἐφερβόμην
S. Ph. 957
.
2. meat, food,
E. Cyc. 245 , cf. Od. 18.279 .
3. personified, S. Fr. 605 . Rare in Prose (exc. in Homeric allusions, Pl. Phdr. 247a , etc.) as Hdt. 1.133 , 211 .