heavenly,
δῖος,δῖᾰ( Hom. ,v.infr.),δῖον,fem.δίᾱin E. Rh. 226 (lyr.), IT 404 (lyr.) (
A.
δίη
Hes. Th. 260
codd.); fem. δῖος
E. Ba. 599
(anap.):—in Ep. ,heavenly,
δ. γένος
Il. 9.538
, etc., used by Hom. ,
1. of goddesses,
δῖα θεά
10.290
; more freq.δῖα θεάων,with superl. force, 18.388 , 19.6 , etc.; δαίμονα δῖον
Hes. Th. 991
.
2. of illustrious men or women,noble,
Il. 2.221 , etc.;δῖα γυναικῶν noblestof women, Od. 4.305 ;excellent,
δ. ὑφορβός
16.20
, al.
3. of nations, etc., δῖοι Ἀχαιοί
Il. 5.451
; δ. Πελασγοί
Od. 19.177
; δ. ἑταῖροι
Il. 5.692
; of cities, as Elis, 2.615 ; Lacedaemon, Od. 3.326 .
4. of anoblehorse, Il. 8.185 , 23.346 .
5. of things, esp. of the powers of nature,divine, awful, marvellous, αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης, εἰς ἅλα δῖαν, χθὼν δῖα,
Il. 16.365 , 1.141 , 14.347 , cf. Emp. 109.2 ; δῖον πῦρ
E. Alc. 5
, etc.; δῖα Χάρυβδις
Od. 12.104
.
II. first in Trag. asAdj.of Ζεύς, Δ. βούλευμα
A. Pr. 619
;Δ. ὄμμα, στόμα,ib. 654 , 1033 , etc. (Ford[icaron]v-[icaron]yos,cf. Skt.div-yá-'heavenly' (freq. trisyll.), but fem.δῖαfordiv-ya.)
