The corpus record

δηλᾰδή

delade

clearly, manifestly

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

δηλᾰδή · dēladē — LSJ

clearly, manifestly, forsooth, yes plainly, of course

Adv. clearly, manifestly, Epich. 149, S. OT 1501, E. IA 1366, Timocl. 3 D., etc.: ironically, προφάσιος τῆσδε δηλαδή on this pretext forsooth, Hdt. 4.135: freq. in answers, οὐ πόλλʼ ἔνεστι δεινὰ τῷ γήρᾳ κακά;—δηλαδή yes plainly, of course, Ar. V. 441: but better written divisim in such phrases as ἢ δῆλα δὴ ὅτι . .; Pl. Prt. 309a, etc.; cf. δῆλα δὴ καὶ ταῦτα Id. Cri. 48b.

In the wild

δηλαδὴ · dēladē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1354)
δηλαδὴ · dēladē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1471)
δηλαδὴ · dēladē Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 844)
δηλαδὴ · dēladē Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 569)
δηλαδή · dēladē Herodotus, Histories 4.135.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4911)
δηλαδὴ · dēladē Herodotus, Histories 5.118.3 (DIORISIS sentence 6153)

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Where it came from

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