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δῖος

δῖος, god-like, divine; (trag.) Δῖος ‘of Zeus’

δῖος, δῖᾰ (Hom., v. infr.), δῖον, fem. δίᾱ in E. Rh. 226 (lyr.), IT 404 (lyr.) (δίη Hes. Th. 260 codd.); fem. δῖος E. Ba. 599 (anap.):—
  • in Ep., heavenly, δ. γένος Il. 9.538, etc., used by Hom.,
      • 1 of goddesses, δῖα θεά 10.290; more freq. δῖα θεάων, with superl. force, 18.388, 19.6, etc.; δαίμονα δῖον Hes. Th. 991.
      • 2 of illustrious men or women, noble, Il. 2.221, etc.; δῖα γυναικῶν noblest of women, Od. 4.305; excellent, δ. ὑφορβός 16.20, al.
      • 3 of nations, etc., δῖοι Ἀχαιοί Il. 5.451; δ. Πελασγοί Od. 19.177; δ. ἑταῖροι Il. 5.692; of cities, as Elis, 2.615; Lacedaemon, Od. 3.326.
      • 4 of a noble horse, Il. 8.185, 23.346.
      • 5 of things, esp. of the powers of nature, divine, awful, marvellous, αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης, εἰς ἅλα δῖαν, χθὼν δῖα, Il. 16.365, 1.141, 14.347, cf. Emp. 109.2; δῖον πῦρ E. Alc. 5, etc.; δῖα Χάρυβδις Od. 12.104.
    • II first in Trag. as Adj. of Ζεύς, Δ. βούλευμα A. Pr. 619; Δ. ὄμμα, στόμα, ib. 654, 1033, etc. (For dǐv-ǐyos, cf. Skt. div-yá-ʼheavenly’ (freq. trisyll.), but fem. δῖα for div-ya.)

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