1. δαί · dai — Chantraine
équivalent familier de δή, après mterrogatifs comme τί, πῶς “comment donc», etc
The corpus record
δαί
dai
équivalent familier de δή, après mterrogatifs comme τί, πῶς “comment donc», etc
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Birds 7 · 6.57/10k
- Acharnians 3 · 4.22/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 2 · 2.84/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- Peace 2 · 2.51/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
- Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
2. δᾶϊ · dai — Frisk
im Kampf
3. δαί · dai — Frisk
immer nach Interrogativ τί, πῶς δαί “was, wieso denn? (a 225, ὦ 299 [beide sehr
4. δαί · dai — LSJ
what? how?
5. δᾰϊ · dai — LSJ
Attestations
- δαὶ · dai Iliad 10.408
- δαὶ · dai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.47.1 (DIORISIS sentence 910)
- δαὶ · dai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.16.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2056)
- δαὶ · dai Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 133)
- δαὶ · dai Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 109)
- δαὶ · dai Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 708)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 260; entry #1781 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 371; entry #1398 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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