δῆτα,Adv., lengthd. and more emphatic form ofδή,first asv.l. in
Hdt. 4.69 , mostly used by Trag. and Pl. (v. infr.).—Never placed at the beginning of a sentence or verse, exc. in S. Aj. 986 .
1. in answers, mostly added to a word which echoes a statement or question, asἴσασιν ὅστις ἦρξε . .Answ.ἴσασι δ. ayethey know, E. Med. 1373 ;γιγνώσκεθ' ὑμεῖς . .;Answ.γιγνώσκομεν δ. yeswe know her, Ar. Th. 606 , cf. Eq. 6 , al.;ἰωὰ δὴ κατ' ἄστυ.Answ. ἰωὰ δ.
A. Pers. 1071
, cf. S. OC 536 (lyr.), Pl. R. 333a , Phd. 90d , al. (with a word repeated in the same speech,ὥς μ' ἀπώλεσας: ἀπώλεσας δ.how hast thou destroyed me! —aye,destroyedindeed,
S. El. 1164 ; ἰὼ δύστηνε σύ, δύστηνε δῆτα
Id. Ph. 760
); also to correct the previous speaker,οἴκτιρέ θ' ἡμᾶς . .Answ.οἴκτιρε δ . . . ἐκγόνους nay ratherpity . ., E. El. 673 , cf. 676 ; without repeating the word, αὐτὸς δ' ἀναλοῖ δ. yes truly . .,
A. Th. 814
; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς δ.
Ar. Ra. 552
: freq. with a neg., notso,