The corpus record

δαίφρων

daiphron

warlike, fiery

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Where it lives

Hippias Minor 2 · 4.59/10k
Iliad 38 · 3.41/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Odyssey 21 · 2.42/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1 warlike, fiery

(δάϊς) (warlike, fiery, Il. 2.23, al. (not in Od.); Λατοῦς θυγάτηρ B. 5.122, cf. 137, Q.S. 1.47; δ. ἀλκή Id. 1.218.

2 wise, prudent, craftsman

(δαῆναι) wise, prudent, Ὀδυσῆα δ. ποικιλομήτην Il. 11.482, cf. Od. 1.48, al.; of a charioteer, Il. 24.325; craftsman, Od. 8.373; of a woman, 15.356: hence δ. Περσεφόνεια h.Cer. 359, cf. Pi. P. 9.84. (δα(σ)ι-, cf. Skt. dasrás ‘working miracles’.)

In the wild

δαΐφρονος · daiphronos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7459)
δαΐφρων · daiphrōn Shield of Heracles 119–121
δαΐφρονος · daiphronos Works and Days 654
δαΐφρονος · daiphronos Iliad 10.402
δαΐφρονος · daiphronos Iliad 11.123
δαΐφρονος · daiphronos Iliad 11.138

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δαίφρων (scan p. 345; entry #1541). Root candidates: *dens-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δαίφρων (scan pp. 262-263; entry #1791).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δαίφρων (scan p. 374; entry #1406).

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