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[41] δέπαϊ, the dative, explanatory of the adverbial “ἐν” in the preceding line. “δέπ-ας” is probably a ‘measure’ of wine in its original meaning, through its connection with such words as “δάπ-τω, δαπ-άνη”, dap-s, etc., which have the sense of distribution.

δειδισκόμενος. The form “δει-δίσκομαι” is strengthened by a sort of reduplication from the root “δικ”, seen in “δείκνυμι”. So we find ( Il.9. 196) “δεικνύμενος” used of ‘pledging,’ from the sense of holding out the full cup; so also “δειδέχατο δεπάεσσι” Il.4. 4, “δεικανόωντο δέπασσι” Il.15. 86, and “δεικανόωντ᾽ ἐπέεσσι” Od.18. 111.Translate generally, ‘welcoming.’

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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