δή : now, just,
indeed, really, etc.; a particle marking degree of time,
quality, or emphasis, mostly untranslatable by a single word;
postpositive except in the initial phrases δὴ
τότε, δὴ γάρ, δὴ πάμπαν,
Il. 19.342; καὶ
δή μοι γέρας αὐτὸς ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς, and
‘here now,’ Il.
1.161
; ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα ὀιστούς,
‘full eight already,’ Il.
8.297 (so often w. numerals); appended to adverbs of time,
ὅτε δή, ὀψὲ δή, to adjectives
(esp. superlatives, κάρτιστοι δή,
‘the very mightiest’), to relative and
interrogative pronouns, and to other particles, ὡς δή, ironical; εἰ δή, if
‘really’; ἀλλὰ δή,
(γὰρ) δή
(scilicet enim); esp. in wishes or commands, μὴ
δή, ‘only’; ἴθι
δή, ἄγε δή, etc. δή often
coalesces with a following long vowel or diphthong
(‘synizesis’), δὴ αὖτε, δὴ
οὕτως (not to be written δ̓).