1. δέω · deō — LSJ
bind, tie, fetter, δεσμῷ τινα δῆσαι Il. 10.443, etc.; ἐνὶ δεσμῷ 5.386, etc.; ἐν πέδαις (v.l. ἐς πέδας) Hdt. 5.77; δῆσε δʼ ὀπίσσω χεῖρας . . ἱμᾶσιν Il. 21.30; δ. τινὰ χεῖράς τε πόδας τε Od. 12.50; δ. ἔκ τινος to bind from (i.e. to) a thing, ἐξ ἐπιδιφριάδος ἱμᾶσι δέδεντο Il. 10.475, cf. Hdt. 4.72; δῆσαί τινα ξύλῳ or ἐν ξύλῳ (cf. ξύλον II.2); ἐν κλίμακι Ar. Ra. 619; δ. κύνα κλοιῷ tie a clog to a dog, Lex Solonis ap. Plu. Sol. 24, cf. E. Cyc. 234; δ. τινὰ πρὸς φάραγγι A. Pr. 15; πρὸς κίονα, κίονι, S
alone, bind, keep in bonds, πῶς ἂν ἐγώ σε δέοιμι; says Hephaistos, pointing to the nets in which he had caught Ares, Od. 8.352; αὐτὸς δʼ ἔδησε πατέρα A. Eu. 641; δήσαντες ἔχειν τινάς Th. 1.30; δησάντων αὐτὸν οἱ ἕνδεκα Lex ap. D. 24.105, etc.
metaph., bind, enchain, γλῶσσα δέ οἱ δέδεται Thgn. 178; κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται Pi. P. 3.54; ψυχὰ δ. λύπῃ E. Hipp. 160 (lyr.); later, bind by spells, τὸ στόμα AP 11.138 (Lucill.), cf. Tab.Defix. 96,108.
c. gen., hinder from a thing, ἔδησε κελεύθου Od. 4.380, 469.
Medic., harden, brace up, Hp. Off. 17, etc.
Med., bind, tie, put on oneself, ποσσὶ δʼ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα tied them on his feet, Il. 2.44, etc.:—Pass., περὶ δὲ κνήμῃσι βοείας κνημῖδας . . δέδετο he had greaves bound round his legs, Od. 24.228. (Cf. Skt. ditá ‘bound’, dá̄ma ‘bond’.)