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[203] δηρόν. Curtius (Gk. Etym. 501) connects “δη-ρό-ν” with the adverb “δήν”, originally “δϝαν”, or “δϝην”, and appearing in Alcman in the form “δοάν. δϝαν” or “διϝαν” is probably an accusatival form from stem “διϝα”, signifying ‘day;’ Lat. die, for dive. The transference of a word that properly signifies ‘a daylong,’ to a general expression of duration, is seen in the use of the Lat. diu.

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