The corpus record

δέελος

deelos

binding

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. δέελος · deelos — Beekes

δέελος [m.] ‘binding’(?), only K 466. «1Ὲ *deh,- ‘bind’> VAR δέελος: δεσμός, ἅμμα ‘band, bond’ (H.). *ETYM Although δέελος has traditionally been identified with the adjective δῆλος ‘clear’, even since the ancient grammarians, Ruijgh Lingua 25 (1970): 319 (see 308 δεῖ » δῆλος) has convincingly argued that this is wrong. According to him, it is rather a noun in the passage of the Iliad. δέελος is derived from δέω ‘to … — [Beekes, s.v. δέελος, p. 354]

2. δέελος · deelos — LSJ

resolved form of δῆλος, Il. 10.466.

= δεσμός, ἅμμα, Hsch. δεήλαδες· φύλακες, Id.

In the wild

δέελον · deelon Iliad 10.466

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δέελος (scan pp. 354-355; entry #1585).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δέελος (scan p. 269; entry #1850).

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