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δή , prop. a temporal Particle (cf. ἤδη),
A.at this or that point: hence, now, then, already, or at length:
I. in Ep. (rarely Lyr.) sts. at the beginning of a sentence or clause, “Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ νῶϊν ἀπέκτατο πιστὸς ἑταῖροςIl.15.437; “δὴ πάμπαν ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρὸς ἑῆος19.342; “δὴ γὰρ μέγα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν13.122; δὴ τότε, δή ῥα τότε, 1.476, 13.719, al., cf. Pi.O.3.25, A.Th.214 (lyr.): but usu. second (or nearly so), freq. with Numerals and temporal Particles, “ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα . . ὀϊστούςIl. 8.297; ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι . . ἐνιαυτοί full nine years, 2.134; ἕκτον δὲ δὴ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ this is just the sixth day, E.Or.39, cf. Il.24.107, etc.: also after Advbs. of Time, πολλάκι δή many a time and oft, often ere now, 19.85; “ὀψὲ δὲ δή7.94; “τρὶς δήPi.P.9.91; πάλαι δή, Lat. jamdudum, S.Ph.806; νῦν δή just now, Ar.Av.923 (freq. written νυνδή, Pl.Tht.145b, etc.); νῦν τε καὶ ἄλλοτε δή ib.187d; now at length, Id.R.353a, etc.; τότε δή at that very time, Th.1.49, etc.; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα this very instant, Pl.R.338b, etc.; ὕστερον δή yet later, Th.2.17: freq. with temporal Conjunctions, ἐπεὶ δή (written ἐπειδή, q. v.), etc.
II. without temporal significance, as a Particle of emphasis, in fact, of course, certainly, ναὶ δή, δή, Il.1.286,518, etc.; οὐ δή surely not, S.Ph.246, cf. E.Or.1069, etc.; δῆλα δή, v. δῆλος; with Verbs, “δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσιIl.15.488; “νῦν δὲ ὁρᾶτε δήX.Cyr. 3.2.12; “καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος . .Pl.Ap.21a: less freq. with Substs., σοφιστὴν δή τοι ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι they call the man a sophist as you know, Id.Prt.311e: with Conjunctions, ἵνα δή, ὡς δή, Il.23.207, 5.24, etc.; “ὅπως δήTh.5.85; γὰρ δή for manifestly, A.Ch.874,891, Pl.Tht.156c; “οὐ γὰρ δήS.OC265: hence with a part. representing Conjunction and Verb, ἅτε δὴ ἐόντες since they evidently are, Hdt. 8.90; but ὡς φόνον νίζουσα δή as though she were . ., E.IT1338, cf. Hdt.1.66, X.Cyr.5.4.4, etc.; and so, ironically, “ὡς δήIl.1.110, Ar.V. 1315, Eq.693, Pl.Prt.342c, al.; freq. with “σύ, ὡς δὴ σύ μοι τύραννος Ἀργείων ἔσῃA.Ag.1633, cf. S.OC809, E.Andr.235, etc.; also ἵνα δή . . Pl.R.420e, Men.86d; “ὅτι δή . .Id.Phdr.268d; also εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the pretended courtesans, X.HG5.4.6, cf. E.Ion 1181, Th.4.67,6.80.
2. freq. placed immediately after Pronouns, ἐμὲ δή me of all persons, Hdt.3.155; σὺ δή you of all persons, Id.1.115, S.Aj.1226; οὗτος δή this and no other, Hdt.1.43; “ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι δὴ οἵ . .S.Tr.1091; οὗτος δὴ Σωκράτης, ironically, Pl.Tht.166a; τὸ λεγόμενον δὴ τοῦτο as the well-known saying goes, Id.Grg.514e, cf. E.Hipp.962; δή τις some one you know of, Pl.Phd.108c, al.: with possess. Pronouns, “τὸ σὸν δὴ τοῦτοPl.Smp.221b, cf. Grg.5c8d, etc.: with relatives, “ὃς δὴ νῦν κρατέειIl.21.315; “τὰ δὴ καὶ ἐγένετοHdt.1.22; οἷος δὴ σύ just such as thou, Il.24.376, cf. Od.1.32, S.Aj.995, etc.; “ὅσα δήAr.Ach.1, etc.: with Adjs., οἴη δή, μοῦνος δή, Od.12.69, Hdt.1.25; “ἐν πολλῇ δὴ ἀπορίᾳ ἦσανX.An.3.1.2: freq. with Superlatives, “μάχη ἐγένετο πλείστου δὴ χρόνου μεγίστη δὴ τῶν ἙλληνικῶνTh.5.74; “ἁπάντων δὴ ἄλγιστονS.Aj.992, etc.
IV. with Indef. Particles, v. δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν: with interrogatives, “τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκα;Pl.Grg.457e; “τίδὲδή . .;Id.Phd.58c (simply τί δή; what then? R.357d); “πότερα δή;S.Ph.1235 (and with Advbs., “ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθεν;Pl.Phdr.init.; ποῦ δή; πῇ δή; ib.228e, Il.2.339, etc.): with Indef. Pronouns, δή strengthens the indef. notion, ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιτέλλεο others be they who they may, Il.1.295; μηδεὶς δή no one at all, Pl.Tht.170e; δή τις some one or other, Id.R.498a (pl.), etc. (rarely “τις δήE.IT946); the neut. δή τι is common, ἄρα δή τι ἐΐσκομεν ἄξιον εἶναι; in any way, whatever it be, Il.13.446; “τὸ ἱππικόν, τῷ δή τι καὶ ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαιHdt.1.80; “οὕτω δή τιId.3.108, etc.; “θεῶν ὅτεῳ δήwhosoever it be, Id.1.86; ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή, Lat. quantocumque, ib. 160, etc.; “οἵα δή γε . .E.Heracl.632, cf. Supp.162; but “θαυμαστὰ δὴ ὅσαPl.Smp.220b; “ὡς δήIl.5.24, etc.; so almost, = ἤδη, ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον Anacr.24; “καὶ δὴ φίλον τις ἔκταν᾽ ἀγνοίας ὕποA. Supp.499; “ἤκουσα δήS.Ant.823; “πάθη μὲν οὖν δὴ πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμηνId.Tr.153; οἶσθα μὲν δή ib.627; so καὶ δή already, in fact, freq. not at the beginning of the sentence, “κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ᾽ ἅπερ εἶπαςAr.Ec.514, cf. Nu.906, Theoc.5.83; but “καὶ δή σφε λείπωA.Supp.507.
2. to continue a narrative, freq. after μέν, then, so,τότε μὲν δὴ . . ἡσυχίην εἶχεHdt.1.11; Σόλων μὲν δὴ ἔνεμε ib. 32; τὸν μὲν δὴ πέμπει ib.116; alone, εἷς δὴ τούτων . . <*> one of these . ., ib.114, etc.: freq. in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, Lat. haec hactenus, A.Pr.500, cf. Hdt.1.14, Th.2.4; “τούτων δὴ ἕνεκαX. Cyr.3.2.28, etc.; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these then amount to 1,000, ib.1.5.5; in resuming after a parenthesis, “Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος . ., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρIl.6.395; “οὗτος δὴ . ., μὲν δήHdt.1.43.
3. to express what follows a fortiori, καὶ μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή above all with arms, Th.4.78; μή τί γε δή not to mention, D.2.23; εἰ δὲ δὴ πόλεμος ἥξει Id. 1.27.
4. καὶ δή and what is more, adding an emphatic statement, Il.1.161, 15.251, Hdt.5.67, Lys.13.4; in Prose, freq. “καὶ δὴ καί . ., ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀπίκετο . ., καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς ΣάρδιςHdt.1.30, etc.; καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν τί φῄς; and now what do you say? Pl.Tht.187c; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and actually here present, S.OC31; esp. in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and of course riches, Pl.Men.87e, cf. Tht.159c, R.367d; εἴτ᾽ . . εἴτ᾽ . . εἴτεδή ib.493d.
c. in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and now suppose I have accepted, A.Eu.894, cf. Ch.565, E.Med.386, Hel. 1059, not found in S., once in Ar.V.1224.
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