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2845. Temporal δή often, especially with καί, approximates in meaning to ἤδη already. Thus, ““ δὲ θανὼν κεύθει κάτω δὴ γῆςbut he is dead and already is hidden beneath the earthS. O. T. 967, ὁπότε . . . θηρῴης καὶ δὴ δύο ἡμέρα_ς when you have hunted (already) for two days X. C. 2.4.17, καὶ δὴ λέγω σοι well I will tell thee (without further ado) S. Ant. 245. So also in τέλος δή, νῦν δή.—Of succession, δή means next.—Poetic δαὖτε (δὴ αὖτε) means now again.

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