divide, is torn, distracted, distribute
divide:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. ἔδαισα v. δαίνυμι) , δαΐζω being used:—Pass., δαίεται ἦτορ my heart is torn, distracted, Od. 1.48: Ep. 3 pl. pf., Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται ib. 23: —more freq. in Med., distribute, κρέα δαίετο 15.140; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος 17.332; πήματα . . δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι Pi. P. 3.81; cf. δατέομαι.
II feast, feast on
aor. ἔδαισα, feast, from Hdt. downwards, though formed from δαίω, belongs in sense to δαίνυμι (q. v.):—Med., feast on, [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται Matro Conv. 72. (δαι- also in δαίς, δαίνυμι, etc.: prob. akin to δα- in δατέομαι.)