A.Causal in fut. and aor1, to strip off clothes, etc., Od. (in compd. ἐξ-έδυ_σα).
I.non causal forms such as the stems δύω and δύ_νω: of Places or Countries, to enter, make one's way into, τείχεα δύω (aor2 subj.) Il.; ἔδυ νέφεα plunged into the clouds, of a star, id=Il.; δῦτε θαλάσσης κόλπον plunge into the lap of Ocean, id=Il.; δύσεο μνηστῆρας go in to them, Od.: also with a prep., δύσομαι εἰς Ἀΐδαο id=Od.; δύσετ᾽ ἁλὸς κατὰ κῦμα Il.; ὑπὸ κῦμα ἔδυσαν id=Il.; δύσκεν εἰς Αἴαντα he got himself unto Ajax, i. e. got behind his shield, id=Il.
2.of the sun and stars, to sink into [the sea, v. supr.], to set, ἠέλιος μὲν ἔδυ id=Il.; Βοώτης ὀψὲ δύων late- setting Bootes, Od.; πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου Hdt.:—metaph., βίου δύντος αὐγαί Aesch.; ἔδυ δόμος the house sank, id=Aesch.