cut down, slay,
δηϊόω, Ep. opt.
A.
δηϊόψεν
Od. 4.226
,part.
δηϊόων
Il. 17.566
; Att.
pres. δῃῶ,δῃοῦμεν, -οῦτε,
X. Cyr. 3.3.18 , Ar. Lys. 1146 ,part.
δῃῶν
Il. 17.65
:impf.
ἐδῄουν
Th. 1.65
, X. Cyr. 5.4.23 , ἐδηί̈ουν
Hdt. 8.33
, 50 (ἐδῄευν v.l. in
5.89 ); Ep.
δῄουν
Il. 11.71
, al.,δηϊάασκον(as if fromδηϊάω) A.R. 2.142 :fut.
δῃώσω
Il. 9.243
, etc.:aor.
ἐδῄωσα
Th. 1.114
,subj. δῃώσῃ, -ωσιν,
Il. 16.650 , 4.416 ,part.
δῃώσας
8.534
, al., Ion.
δηϊώσας
Hdt. 6.135
:pf.
δεδῄωκα
Rh. 8.193
W. ( Sopat. ):— Med. ,fut. δῃώσεσθαι(in pass. sense) A.R. 2.117 :aor.1 δῃώσασθαι v.l. in
J. BJ 2.13.2 , cf. Q.S. 5.567 , Opp. H. 5.350 :— Pass. ,aor.
ἐδηϊώθην
Hdt. 7.133
, δῃωθείς
Il. 4.417
:pf., Hsch. ,part.
δεδῃωμένος
Luc. DMort. 10.11
.— Hom. hasδῃ-,when <*> is folld. by a long syll.: A.R. formsimpf. ἐδήϊον(as if fromδηί̈ω) 3.1374 , said by Sch. to be taken from Eumel. ( Fr. 9 ), cf.δῄειν: πολεμεῖν, φονεύειν,
Hsch. (δῃεῖνcod.), Cyr. ,δηίων: διακόπτων,
Hsch. , Cyr. : this is perh. a difft. Verb, andδήϊον, δῄωνmight be read in Hom. :—cut down, slay,
χαλκῷ δηϊόων
Il. 17.566
, etc.;ἔγχεϊ δηϊόων περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος slaying[men] . ., 18.195 : abs., δῄουν were slaying,
16.771
; δηϊόωντο were being slain,
13.675
; Ἕκτορα δῃώσαντε
22.218
; Κικόνων ὕπο δῃωθέντες
Od. 9.66
.
2. rend, tear, cleave, δῄουν . . βοείας ἀσπίδας were cleavingshields, Il. 5.452 , etc.; of a spear,cut asunder,
14.518 ; of savage beasts, ἔγκατα πάντα λαφύσσει δῃῶν
17.65
, cf. 16.158 ;τὸν πώγωνα δεδῃωμένος having hadhis beardcut off,
Luc. DMort. 10.11 .
II. after Hom. ,waste, ravagea country, Sol. 13.21 , Hdt. 5.89 , 7.133 , etc.; δ. χώραν
Ar. Lys. 1146
, Th. 1.81 , etc.; ἄστυ δῃώσειν πυρί
S. OC 1319
.
