δαίω

A. divide:—Act. is not found in this sense (for aor. ἔδαισα v. δαίνυμι), δαΐζω being used:—Pass., δαίεται ἦτορ my heart is torn, distracted, Od. 1.48: Ep. 3 pl. pf., Αἰθίοπας, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται ib.23: —more freq. in Med., distribute, κρέα δαίετο 15.140; κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος 17.332; πήματα . . δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι Pi. P. 3.81; cf. δατέομαι.

II. aor. ἔδαισα, feast, from Hdt. downwards, though formed from δαίω, belongs in sense to δαίνυμι (q. v.):—Med., feast on, [ἀμβροσίην] δαίονται Matro Conv. 72. (δαι‐ also in δαίς, δαίνυμι, etc.: prob. akin to δα‐ in δατέομαι.)