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δῆτα , Adv., lengthd. and more emphatic form of δή, first as v.l. in Hdt.4.69, mostly used by Trag. and Pl. (v. infr.).—Never placed at the beginning of a sentence or verse, exc. in S.Aj.986.
1. in answers, mostly added to a word which echoes a statement or question, as ἴσασιν ὅστις ἦρξε . . Answ. ἴσασι δ. aye they know, E.Med. 1373; γιγνώσκεθ᾽ ὑμεῖς . .; Answ. γιγνώσκομεν δ. yes we know her, Ar. Th.606, cf. Eq.6, al.; ἰωὰ δὴ κατ᾽ ἄστυ. Answ. “ἰωὰ δ.” A.Pers.1071, cf. S.OC536 (lyr.), Pl.R.333a, Phd.90d, al. (with a word repeated in the same speech, ὥς μ᾽ ἀπώλεσας: ἀπώλεσας δ. how hast thou destroyed me! —aye, destroyed indeed, S.El.1164; “ἰὼ δύστηνε σύ, δύστηνε δῆτα” Id.Ph.760); also to correct the previous speaker, οἴκτιρέ θ᾽ ἡμᾶς . . Answ. οἴκτιρε δ . . . ἐκγόνους nay rather pity . ., E.El.673, cf. 676; without repeating the word, “αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἀναλοῖ δ.” yes truly . ., A.Th.814; “ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς δ.” Ar.Ra.552: freq. with a neg., not so, “οὐ δῆτα μὰ τὸν 'Απόλλω” Id.Eq.870; οὐ δῆτ᾽ ἔγωγε faith not I, Id.Av.1391, E.Med. 1048; οὐ δ. Lacon. ap. Arist.Rh.1419a34, cf. Pol.1313a33.
2. in questions, to mark an inference or consequence (cf. δή）, τί δ.; what then? A.Pr.627; “τίδ. ἐρεῖς, ἤν . .;” Ar.Nu.1087; “τί δ. ἐπειδὰν . .;” Id.Ach.1011; “πῶς δ.;” A.Ag.1211, Ar.Nu.79; “ἆρ᾽ οἶσθα δ.;” S.OT1014; ἀλλὰ δ . . .; as the last of several questions, Id.Aj.466, etc.; “ποῦ δῆθ᾽ ὁ τῖμος;” A.Ch.916; ποῖ δ. κρανεῖ; ib.1075, etc.; sts. expressing indignation, καὶ δῆτ᾽ ἐτόλμας; and so thou hast dared? S.Ant.449; “ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνασχετά;” Id.Ph.987; “ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνεκτά;” Id.OT429; “ἔγνωκας οὖν δῆτ᾽ . .;” Ar.Eq.871; ironical, τῷ σῷ δικαίῳ δ. ἐπισπέσθαι με δεῖ; your principle of justice forsooth, S.El.1037, cf. OT364; in implied questions, esp. after ἀλλά, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ τέκνων δῆτ᾽ ὄψις ἦν ἐφίμερος ib.1375, cf. Ar.Av.375, Pl.Hp.Ma.283c; τὴν Εὐρυτείαν οἶσθα δ. παρθένον; of course you know . ., S.Tr.1219.
3. in prayers or wishes, ἀπόλοιο δ. now a murrain take thee! Ar.Nu.6; λαβοῦ, λαβοῦ δ. take, oh take hold, E.Or.219, cf. 1231, etc.; σκόπει δ. just think, Pl.Grg.452c: with μή, it strengthens the deprecatory force, “μὴ δ. τοῦτό γ᾽” S.Ph. 762, cf. 1367; “μὴ δ. μὴ δ. ἴδοιμι” Id.OT830, cf. 1153.
4. in resuming after a parenthesis, “ἑσπέρας γε . . —ἑσπέρας δ.” Pl.Prt.310c.
5. καὶ δ., = καὶ δή, ibid., Ar.Av.511, Th.6.38.
II. rarely, like δή 1, to emphasize single words, “ἅπασι δ.” Ar.Ec.1144.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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