A.“δίη” Hes.Th.260 codd.); fem. “δῖος” E.Ba.599 (anap.):—in Ep., heavenly, “δ. γένος” Il.9.538, etc., used by Hom.,
1. of goddesses, “δῖα θεά” 10.290; more freq. δῖα θεάων, with superl. force, 18.388, 19.6, etc.; “δαίμονα δῖον” Hes.Th.991.
2. of illustrious men or women, noble, Il.2.221, etc.; δῖα γυναικῶν noblest of women, Od.4.305; excellent, “δ. ὑφορβός” 16.20, al.
3. of nations, etc., “δῖοι Ἀχαιοί” Il. 5.451; “δ. Πελασγοί” Od.19.177; “δ. ἑταῖροι” Il.5.692; of cities, as Elis, 2.615; Lacedaemon, Od.3.326.