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δάος

daos · τό

firebrand, torch

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Where it lives

  • Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. δάος · daos

firebrand, torch

= δαΐς, δαλός, firebrand, torch, Il. 24.647, Od. 4.300, Q.S. 9.454:—also δάος, ὁ, JHS 32.163 (iii A.D.).

II

Phryg., = λύκος, Hsch.

2. Δᾶος · Daos

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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. δάος (scan p. 349; entry #1562).

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