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Διιπετής

diipetes

fallen from heaven

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What it meant

1. διϊπετής · diipetēs — Beekes

διϊπετής [adj.] ‘fallen from heaven’, then ‘heavenly’ (h. Ven. 4, olwvoi ‘birds’, perhaps from the root *peth,- ‘fly’), ‘light, clear’ (Emp.); see Leumann 1950: 311. 4GR> VAR Hom. only in διιπετέος ποταμοῖο (verse end). *ETYM The older form for διϊπετής may have been διειπετής (as also suggested by ancient sources such as sch. Od. 4, 477), like Διειτρέφης (inscr.) after Διρεί- φιλος (epic diiptdoc), where the dative … — [Beekes, s.v. διϊπετής, p. 381]

2. διϊπετής · diipetēs — Chantraine

διϊπετής : chez Hom. (J1. 16,174, ete.) seulement dans la fin de vers διιπετέος ποταμοῖο généralement interprété « qui tombe de Zeus », c.-à-d « du ciel » ; sens encore senti — 282 — par E. Hype. fr. 5(3)31, et chez Plu. parlant de la pluie ; toutefois de bonne heure le sens se. perd ; le met signifie « de Zeus, du ciel éclatant » épithète du bronze (Emp. 100, douteux}, de l'aiôfp «pur» (E. Bacch. 1267); dit du … — [Chantraine, s.v. διϊπετής, p. 296]

3. Δῐῑπετής · Diipetēs — LSJ

fallen from Zeus, from heaven, fed, swollen by rain

fallen from Zeus, i.e. from heaven, Ep. epith. of streams, fed or swollen by rain, Il. 16.174, Od. 4.477, Hes. Fr. 217; νάματʼ οὐ δ., of stagnant water, E. Hyps.Fr. 5(3).31; δ. ὕδατα, of rain, Plu. Mar. 21.

2 divine, bright, divine, holy, gleaming

generally, divine, bright, χαλκός Emp. 100.9; αἰθὴρ διϊπετής divine, holy, E. Ba. 1267; δ. πυρσοῖς gleaming with fires, Id. Rh. 43 (lyr.).

3 in continual flow

in continual flow, Hp. Mul. 1.24 (expld.as = διαυγής, καθαρός, Erot.).

4 hovering in the sky

διϊπετέες οἰωνοί, prob. hovering in the sky, h.Ven. 4.

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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. Διιπετής (scan p. 381; entry #1712).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Διιπετής (scan p. 296; entry #2029).

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