dē

δή,
properly a temporal Particle (compare ἤδη), at this or that point: hence, now, then, already, or at length:
I in Epic dialect (rarely Lyric poetry) sometimes at the beginning of a sentence or clause, Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ νῶϊν ἀπέκτατο πιστὸς ἑταῖρος Refs 8th c.BC+, frequently with Numerals and temporal Particles, ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα.. ὀϊστούς Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι.. ἐνιαυτοί full nine years, Refs; ἕκτον δὲ δὴ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ this is just the sixth day, Refs 8th c.BC+ many a time and oft, often ere now,Refs 5th c.BC+; πάλαι δή, Latin jamdudum, Refs 5th c.BC+; νῦν δή just now, Refs 5th c.BC+; now at length, Refs; τότε δή at that very time, Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα this very instant, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὕστερον δή yet later, Refs 5th c.BC+
II without temporal significance, as a Particle of emphasis, in fact, of course, certainly, ναὶ δή, ἦ δή, Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ δή surely not, Refs 5th c.BC+; δῆλα δή, see at {δῆλος}; with Verbs, δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι Refs 8th c.BC+ they call the man a sophist as you know, Refs 8th c.BC+; γὰρ δή for manifestly, Refs 5th c.BC+participle representing Conjunction and Verb, ἅτε δὴ ἐόντες since they evidently are, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ὡς φόνον νίζουσα δή as though she were.., Refs 8th c.BC+; also ἵνα δή.. Refs 5th c.BC+; also εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the pretended courtesans, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 frequently placed immediately after Pronouns, ἐμὲ δή me of all persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; σὺ δή you of all persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὗτος δή this and no other, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὗτος δὴ ὁ Σωκράτης, ironically, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ λεγόμενον δὴ τοῦτο as the well-known saying goes, Refs 5th c.BC+; δή τις some one you know of, Refs 8th c.BC+; οἷος δὴ σύ just such as thou, Refs 8th c.BC+
III to mark a transition, with or without inference, so, then, νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ᾽.. Refs 8th c.BC+
IV with Indef. Particles, see at {δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν}: with interrogatives, τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκ; Refs 5th c.BC+ (simply τί δ; what then? R.Refs; πότερα δ; Refs 5th c.BC+[near the start]; ποῦ δ; πῇ δ;Refs 8th c.BC+ others be they who they may, Refs 8th c.BC+; μηδεὶς δή no one at all, Refs 5th c.BC+; δή τις some one or other, Refs 5th c.BC+; the neuter δή τι is common, ἦ ἄρα δή τι ἐΐσκομεν ἄξιον εἶνα; in any way, whatever it be, Refs 8th c.BC+whosoever it be, Refs; ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή, Latin quantocumque, Refs, etc.; οἵα δή γε.. Refs 8th c.BC+; so almost, ={ἤδη, ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον} Refs 6th c.BC+; so καὶ δή already, in fact, frequently not at the beginning of the sentence, κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ᾽ ἅπερ εἶπας Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2 to continue a narrative, frequently after μέν, then, so, τότε μὲν δὴ.. ἡσυχίην εἶχε Refs 5th c.BC+ Latin haec hactenus, Refs 5th c.BC+; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these then amount to Refs; in resuming after a parenthesis, Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος.., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρ Refs 8th c.BC+
IV.2.b with imperative and subjunctive, μὴ δὴ.. ἐπιέλπεο Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do but consider, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγε δή, φέρε δή, ἴθι δή, σκόπει δή, λέγε δή, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.3 to express what follows a fortiori, καὶ μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή above all with arms, Refs 5th c.BC+; μή τί γε δή not to mention, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.4 καὶ δή and what is more, adding an emphatic statement, Refs 8th c.BC+; καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν τί φῄ; and now what do you say? Refs 5th c.BC+; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and actually here present, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and of course riches, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.4.b καὶ δή is also used in answers, ἦ καὶ παρέστη κἀπὶ τέρμ᾽ ἀφίκετ; Answ. καὶ δὴ 'πὶ δισσαῖς ἦν.. πύλαις yes, he was even so far as.., Refs 5th c.BC+; βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω well, I am looking, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρόσθιγέ νύν μου. Answ. ψαύω καὶ δή Refs 5th c.BC+; without καί, ἀποκρίνου περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐρωτῶ. Answ. ἐρώτα δή Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐρώτα. Answ. ἐρωτῶ δή Refs
IV.4.c in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and now suppose I have accepted, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.5 δή in apodosi, after εἰ or ἐάν, Refs 8th c.BC+; after ὅτε, ἡνίκα, even then, Refs 5th c.BC+; after ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν, Refs 5th c.BC+; after ὡς, Refs 5th c.BC+already, Refs

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