δήν, Dor.
δάν(orδοάν
Alcm. 135 , cf. A.D. Adv. 160.18 ),Adv.
A. for a long while,
Il. 5.412 ;οὐδὲ γὰρ . . δ. ἦνnor was helong-lived,
6.131 ,cf. 16.736 ; δ. δὴ . . φίλοι ὦμεν
Thgn. 1243
; ἐπὶ δ. μετέπειτα
A.R. 1.516
, cf. Euph. 9.8 ; once in Trag., A. Pers. 584 (lyr.).
2. long ago,
δ. οἴχεσθαι
Od. 18.313
. (δοάν,
= δϝάν , cf. Lat.dudum: henceουδε̄̀ δ̔ϝ̓ήν
Il. 16.736 .)