δῖος

A. 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 d[icaron]v-[icaron]yos, cf. Skt. div-yá-'heavenly' (freq. trisyll.), but fem. δῖα for div-ya.)