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δαί

dai

what? how?

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Where it lives

Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. δαί · dai

what? how?

colloquial form of δή, used after interrogatives, to express wonder or curiosity, τίς δ. ὅμιλος ὅδʼ ἔπλετο; Od. 1.225; ποῦ δ. νηῦς ἕστηκε; 24.299, cf. A.D. Synt. 78.2 (but wrongly read by Aristarch. for δʼ αἱ Il. 10.408): freq. in Com., τί δ. σὺ . . πεποίηκας; Ar. Eq. 351; mostly in a separate clause, τίδ.; what? how? Pherecr. 93, Ar. Eq. 171, al.; τί δ. σύ; Id. Av. 136; πῶς δ.; Id. V. 1212; dub. l. in A. Pr. 933, Ch. 900, S. Ant. 318, but prob. to be read E. Med. 1012, Ion 275, al.: freq. in co

2. δᾰϊ · dai

In the wild

δαὶ · dai Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 109)
δαὶ · dai Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 708)
δαὶ · dai Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 133)
δαὶ · dai Iliad 10.408
δαὶ · dai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.16.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2056)
δαὶ · dai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.47.1 (DIORISIS sentence 910)

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δαί (scan p. 260; entry #1781).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δαί (scan p. 371; entry #1398).

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