LOGOI

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δαΐς

dais1 · ἡ

fire-brand, pine-torch

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What it meant — LSJ

fire-brand, pine-torch, funeral-torch

fire-brand, pine-torch, δαΐδων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων Il. 18.492; δαΐδας μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχοντες Od. 7.101; δᾷδες, = λαμπάδες, Philyll. 29; ἀραμένη δαΐδας IG 12(5).229.8; ἔλαχεν μυστιπόλους δ., of a δᾳδοῦχος, ib. 3.172: in sg., Ar. Nu. 1494, Antiph. 199, 272: collective in sg., metaph., ἐπὶ τὴν δᾷδα προελθεῖν to come to the funeral-torch, i.e. end of life, Plu. An seni 2.789a.

2 pine-wood

as collective noun, pine-wood, such as torches were made of, SIG 57.32 (Milet., V B.C.), Ar. Nu. 612, Th. 7.53, X. Cyr. 7.5.23, Arist. Col. 791b24, Supp.Epigr. 1.329.24.

3 a disease in pines, resin-glut

a disease in pines, resin-glut, Thphr. HP 3.9.5.

4

= δᾳδίον 2, Hp. Mul. 2.133 [9?].

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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