δαίω
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dǎi̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðɛ.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.o/
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *dáyyō; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w-. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *dauyeti, Tocharian A twās; perhaps related to Latin duellum, bellum (“war”). Perhaps etymologically related to dagger.
Verb
editδαίω • (daíō)
- (transitive) to light up, to kindle, to set on fire
- (transitive) to burn up
- (passive voice) to burn, to blaze
Conjugation
edit Present: δαίω, δαίομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δαίω | δαίεις | δαίει | δαίετον | δαίετον | δαίομεν | δαίετε | δαίουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δαίω | δαίῃς | δαίῃ | δαίητον | δαίητον | δαίωμεν | δαίητε | δαίωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δαίοιμῐ | δαίοις | δαίοι | δαίοιτον | δαιοίτην | δαίοιμεν | δαίοιτε | δαίοιεν | |||||
imperative | δαῖε | δαιέτω | δαίετον | δαιέτων | δαίετε | δαιόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δαίομαι | δαίῃ, δαίει |
δαίεται | δαίεσθον | δαίεσθον | δαιόμεθᾰ | δαίεσθε | δαίονται | ||||
subjunctive | δαίωμαι | δαίῃ | δαίηται | δαίησθον | δαίησθον | δαιώμεθᾰ | δαίησθε | δαίωνται | |||||
optative | δαιοίμην | δαίοιο | δαίοιτο | δαίοισθον | δαιοίσθην | δαιοίμεθᾰ | δαίοισθε | δαίοιντο | |||||
imperative | δαίου | δαιέσθω | δαίεσθον | δαιέσθων | δαίεσθε | δαιέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δαίειν | δαίεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δαίων | δαιόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δαίουσᾰ | δαιομένη | |||||||||||
n | δαῖον | δαιόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔδαιον | ἔδαιες | ἔδαιε(ν) | ἐδαίετον | ἐδαιέτην | ἐδαίομεν | ἐδαίετε | ἔδαιον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδαιόμην | ἐδαίου | ἐδαίετο | ἐδαίεσθον | ἐδαιέσθην | ἐδαιόμεθᾰ | ἐδαίεσθε | ἐδαίοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
Antonyms
edit- σβέννυμι (sbénnumi)
Derived terms
edit- δᾰ́ος (dáos)
Etymology 2
editUltimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to share”).[1] Compare Sanskrit दयते (dayate).
Verb
editδαίω • (daíō)
- (transitive, usually middle voice) to divide, to share
- (transitive) to host (a feast)
- (passive voice) to be torn, to ache
Conjugation
edit Present: δαίω, δαίομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δαίω | δαίεις | δαίει | δαίετον | δαίετον | δαίομεν | δαίετε | δαίουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δαίω | δαίῃς | δαίῃ | δαίητον | δαίητον | δαίωμεν | δαίητε | δαίωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δαίοιμῐ | δαίοις | δαίοι | δαίοιτον | δαιοίτην | δαίοιμεν | δαίοιτε | δαίοιεν | |||||
imperative | δαῖε | δαιέτω | δαίετον | δαιέτων | δαίετε | δαιόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δαίομαι | δαίῃ, δαίει |
δαίεται | δαίεσθον | δαίεσθον | δαιόμεθᾰ | δαίεσθε | δαίονται | ||||
subjunctive | δαίωμαι | δαίῃ | δαίηται | δαίησθον | δαίησθον | δαιώμεθᾰ | δαίησθε | δαίωνται | |||||
optative | δαιοίμην | δαίοιο | δαίοιτο | δαίοισθον | δαιοίσθην | δαιοίμεθᾰ | δαίοισθε | δαίοιντο | |||||
imperative | δαίου | δαιέσθω | δαίεσθον | δαιέσθων | δαίεσθε | δαιέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δαίειν | δαίεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δαίων | δαιόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δαίουσᾰ | δαιομένη | |||||||||||
n | δαῖον | δαιόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔδαιον | ἔδαιες | ἔδαιε(ν) | ἐδαίετον | ἐδαιέτην | ἐδαίομεν | ἐδαίετε | ἔδαιον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδαιόμην | ἐδαίου | ἐδαίετο | ἐδαίεσθον | ἐδαιέσθην | ἐδαιόμεθᾰ | ἐδαίεσθε | ἐδαίοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
Aorist: ἔδαισᾰ, ἐδαισᾰ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δεδαίαμαι | δεδαίασαι | δεδαίαται | δεδαίασθον | δεδαίασθον | δεδαιάμεθᾰ | δεδαίασθε | δεδαίανται | ||||
subjunctive | δεδαιαμένος ὦ | δεδαιαμένος ᾖς | δεδαιαμένος ᾖ | δεδαιαμένω ἦτον | δεδαιαμένω ἦτον | δεδαιαμένοι ὦμεν | δεδαιαμένοι ἦτε | δεδαιαμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδαιαμένος εἴην | δεδαιαμένος εἴης | δεδαιαμένος εἴη | δεδαιαμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | δεδαιαμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | δεδαιαμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | δεδαιαμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | δεδαιαμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | δεδαίασο | δεδαιάσθω | δεδαίασθον | δεδαιάσθων | δεδαίασθε | δεδαιάσθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δεδαιᾶσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δεδαιαμένος | |||||||||||
f | δεδαιαμένη | ||||||||||||
n | δεδαιαμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
Synonyms
edit- δατέομαι (datéomai)
Derived terms
edit- γεωδαισία (geōdaisía)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “δαίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δαίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δαίω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δαίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δαίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δαίομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-298
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek transitive verbs
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂y-