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δηναιός

denaios

dor

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1. Δηναιός · Dēnaios — Chantraine

Δηναιός, dor. δᾶναιός (Hom., Æsch., A.R.} «qui vit longtemps, âgé, ancien », parfois « après longtemps », est généralement considéré comme un coinposé de δὴν- et d'un second terme thématique *aiFoc doublet de αἰών ; hypathèse plus probable que celle d'une suffixation d'après παλαιός, ἀρχαῖος (cf. le sens premier «qui vit longtemps»); dérivés δηναιότης (Démocr.) et Δηναιών nom de mois à Érythrées (SIG 1014). — 275 -- … — [Chantraine, s.v. Δηναιός, p. 288]

2. δηναιός · dēnaios — LSJ

long-lived, long-continued

long-lived, Il. 5.407; δ. κλέος Theoc. 16.54; long-continued, ὁδοιπορίη IG 14.1780; χρόνος A.R. 4.1547; βίος AP 6.39.7 (Arch.): neut. as Adv., Man. 3.143.

2 aged, ancient, worn out

aged, κόραι A. Pr. 794; ancient, θρόνοι ib. 912 (and in Eu. 846 (lyr.), δαναιᾶν should be restored with Dindorf for δαμαίων, cf. Call. Fr. 105); ἀοιδοί Id. Jov. 60; worn out, δένδρα Hsch.

II after a long time, late come, long absent

after a long time, δ. εἰσαφίκοντο A.R. 4.645; late come, long absent, ἀδελφεός Opp. H. 4.154: neut. δηναιόν, as Adv., A.R. 3.590: so pl., δηναιά Maiist. 8.

III Overspeed, Loitering

personified, Θόωσα and Δηναιή, Overspeed and Loitering, Emp. 122.3.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δηναιός (scan pp. 288-289; entry #1973).

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