Verbs beginning with δ

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δα- teach, learn, no pres.: 2 aor. ἔδαον learned, redupl. δέδαον taught, 2 aor. mid. δεδαέσθαι (δεδάασθαι MSS.), 1 perf. δεδάηκα (δαε-) have learned, 2 perf. part. δεδαώς having learned, perf. mid. δεδάημαι have learned, 2 aor. pass. as intrans. ἐδάην learned, 2 fut. pass. as intrans. δαήσομαι shall learn; ἀ-δάητος. Cp. Hom. δήω shall find and διδάσκω. Poetic, mainly Epic. (Attic) LSJ

δαι-δάλλω (δαιδαλ-, δαιδαλο-) deck out: Pind. has perf. part. δεδαιδαλμένος, aor. part. δαιδαλθείς, and fut. inf. δαιδαλωσέμεν. Epic and Lyric. (III.) LSJ

δαΐζω (δαϊγ-) rend: δαΐξω, ἐδάϊξα, δεδάϊγμαι, ἐδαΐχθην. Epic, Lyric, Tragic. (III.) LSJ

δαί-νῡμι (δαι-) entertain: δαίνῡ Epic imperf. and pres. imper., δαίσω, ἔδαισα. Mid. δαίνυμαι feast (opt. δαινῦτο Ω 665, cp. 750 D.), ἐδαισάμην, aor. pass. part. δαισθείς, ἄ-δαιτος. Poetic, rare in Ion. prose. (IV.) LSJ

δαίομαι divide: perf. 3 pl. δεδαίαται α 23; subj. δάηται Υ 316 (for δαίηται) from δαίομαι or δαίω? Cp. δατέομαι. Poetic. LSJ

δαίω (δαϝ-[ιγλιδε]ω) kindle: 2 perf. δέδηα burn intrans., plup. δεδήει. Mid. δαίομαι burn intrans. Mainly poetic. (III.) LSJ

δάκ-νω (δακ-, δηκ-) bite: δήξομαι (806), 2 aor. ἔδακον, δέδηγμαι, ἐδήχθην, δαχθήσομαι. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

δαμ-άζω tame, subdue: fut. δαμάσω, δαμάω, δαμῶ (Hom. 3 s. δαμᾷ and δαμάᾳ, 3 pl. δαμόωσι, 645), aor. ἐδάμασα. Att. prose has only δαμάζω, κατ-εδαμασάμην, ἐδαμάσθην. Mostly poetic, rare in prose. 512. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

δάμ-νη-μι (and δαμ-νά-ω?) (δαμ-, δμη-) tame, subdue: perf. mid. δέδμημαι, pass. 1 aor. ἐδμήθην and (more commonly) 2 aor. ἐδάμην, fut. perf. δεδμήσομαι. Poetic. 737. (IV.) LSJ

δαρθ-άνω (δαρθ-, δαρθε-) sleep, usu. in comp., espec. W. κατά: 2 aor. -έδαρθον (Hom. ἔδραθον), perf. -δεδάρθηκα. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

δατέομαι (δατ-, δατε-) divide: δάσ(σ)ομαι, ἀν-εδασάμην rare in prose (ἐδασ- (σ)άμην Epic), δέδασμαι, ἀνά-δαστος. δατέασθαι in Hesiod should be δατέεσθαι. Cp. δαίομαι divide. Mainly poetic and New Ion. (Attic) LSJ

δέαμαι appear, only imperf. δέατο ζ 242. From a kindred root aor. δοάσσατο N 458. LSJ

δέδια, δέδοικα, δείδω (703) fear: see δι-. (Attic) LSJ

δεδίττομαι frighten (rare in Att. prose): ἐδεδιξάμην rare. Poetic, mainly Epic, are δεδίσσομαι, δεδίσκομαι, δειδίσσομαι: fut. δειδίξομαι, aor. ἐδειδιξάμην. Derived from δέδια (δι-). (III.) (Attic) LSJ

δείδεκτο greeted I 224, δειδέχαται η 72 (-ατο Δ 4) are referred by some to the mid. of δείκνῡμι. Others read δηκ- from another root. Cp. δεικανόωντο welcomed O 86. LSJ

δειδίσκομαι greet, only pres. and imperf., to be read δηδίσκομαι (445 D., 527 b). Epic. (V.) LSJ

δείκ-νῡμι and δεικ-νύ-ω (δεικ-) show (418): δείξω, ἔδειξα, δέδειχα, δέδειγμαι, ἐδείχθην, δειχθήσομαι, δεικτέος. Hdt. has forms from δεκ-: -δέξω, -έδεξα (-άμην), -δέδεγμαι, -εδέχθην. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

δέμω (δεμ-, δμη-) build: ἔδειμα, δέδμημαι. Poetic and Ion. LSJ

δέρκομαι (δερκ-, δορκ-, δρακ-) see: 2 aor. ἔδρακον, perf. δέδορκα as pres., pass. 1 aor. ἐδέρχθην (in tragedy) saw and 2 aor. ἐδράκην saw, μονό-δερκτος. Poetic. LSJ

δέρω (δερ-, δαρ-) flay: δερῶ, ἔδειρα, δέδαρμαι, 2 aor. pass. ἐδάρην, δρατός Hom. Pres. δείρω (δερ-[ιγλιδε]ω) Hdt., Aristoph. (Attic) LSJ

δέχομαι receive, await: δέξομαι, ἐδεξάμην, δέδεγμαι, εἰσ-εδέχθην, ἀπο-δεκτέος. δέκομαι New Ion., Pindaric, and Aeolic. Fut. perf. as act. δεδέξομαι poetic. On Epic ἐδέγμην, δέξαι, δέχθαι, δέγμενος, Hom. δέχαται (3 pl.), see 634, 688. (Attic) LSJ

δέω bind (397 a): δήσω, ἔδησα, δέδεκα (δέδηκα doubtful), δέδεμαι, ἐδέθην, fut. pass. δεθήσομαι, fut. perf. δεδήσομαι, σύν-δετος, ἀν-υτό-δητος, συν-δετέος Aristoph. Mid. in prose only in comp., as περιδήσομαι. (Attic) LSJ

δέω (δεϝω; δε-, δεε-) need, lack (397 a): δεήσω, ἐδέησα, δεδέηκα, δεδέημαι, ἐδεήθην. Epic aor. δῆσεν Σ 100, ἐδεύησεν ι 540. Mid. δέομαι want, ask (Epic δεύομαι): δεήσομαι (Epic δευήσομαι). Impers. δεῖ it is necessary: ἔδει, δεήσει, ἐδέησε (397 a). (Attic) LSJ

δηριάω and δηρἱ̄ω contend: ἐδήρῑσα Theocr. Mid. δηριάομαι and δηρἱ̄ομαι as act.: δηρί̄σομαι Theocr., ἐδηρῑσάμην θ 76, ἐδηρίνθην II 756 contended (as if from δηρίνω), ἀμφι-δήρῑτος Thuc. Epic and Lyric. LSJ

δήω shall find, Epic pres. W. fut. meaning. Cp. δα-. LSJ

δι- (δϝι-, δϝει-, δϝοι-) fear (477 a): ἔδεισα, δέδοικα as pres., 2 perf. δέδια as pres. (rare in the sing.; inflection, 703). Epic forms: δείδω (from δεδϝοια, 445 D.) as pres., δείσομαι (806), ἔδδεισα ( = ἐδϝεισα), δείδοικα, δείδια (703 D.). Hom. has imperf. δίον feared, fled from an assumed pres. δίω. (Attic) LSJ

διαιτάω arbitrate (from δίαιτα, but augmented as if a comp. W. double augment in perf., plup., and in comps.; cp. 451): διαιτήσω, διῄτησα (but ἀπ-εδιῄτησα), δεδιῄτηκα (plup. κατ-εδεδιῃτήκη), δεδιῄτημαι (plup. ἐξ-εδεδιῄτητο), διῃτήθην. Mid. pass one's life: διαιτήσομαι, κατ-εδιῃτησάμην effected arbitration. (Attic) LSJ

διᾱκονέω minister (from διά̄κονος): ἐδιᾱκόνουν, διᾱκονήσω, δεδιᾱκόνηκα, δεδιᾱκόνημαι, ἐδιᾱκονήθην. Forms in δεδιη- are wrong, forms in διη- are Ion. and late (uncertain in classical poetry). (Attic) LSJ

δι-δά-σκω (for διδαχ-σκω, 97 a) teach, mid. cause to teach, learn: διδάξω, ἐδίδαξα, δεδίδαχα, δεδίδαγμαι, ἐδιδάχθην, διδάξομαι (808), διδακτός, -τέος. Epic aor. ἐδιδάσκησα (διδασκε-) 447 a. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

δί-δη-μι (δη-, δε-) bind, pres. and imperf. Poetic for δέω. Xen. has διδέᾱσι. (Attic) LSJ

δι-δρά̄-σκω (δρᾱ-) run away, only in comp. W. ἀπό, ἐξ: -δρά̄σομαι (806), 2 aor. -έδρᾱν (-δρῶ, -δραίην, -δρᾶθι late, -δρᾶναι, -δρά̄ς, 687), -δέδρᾱκα. Hdt. has -διδρήσκω, -δρήσομαι, -έδρην (but -δρᾱς), -δέδρηκα. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

δί-δω-μι (δω-, δο-) give: see 416, 421. Fut. δώσω, 1 aor. ἔδωκα in s., 2 aor. ἔδοτον dual, ἔδομεν pl. (756), δέδωκα, δέδομαι, ἐδόθην, δοθήσομαι, δοτός, -τέος. See 747 ff. for pres. in Hom. and Hdt. Fut. διδώσω Epic, 2 aor. iter. δόσκον (492 a). (Attic) LSJ

δί-ζη-μαι (from δι-δ[ιγλιδε]η-) seek (cp. ζητέω) keeps η throughout in the pres. (imperf. ἐδιζήμην), διζήσομαι, ἐδιζησάμην. Poetic and Ion. 726 a, 741. LSJ

δίη-μι cause to flee, only in imperf. ἐν-δίεσαν set on Σ 584. Mid. δίεμαι flee, cause to flee, subj. δίωμαι (accent 424 c, N. 2), opt. διοίμην (accent 424 c, N. 2), inf. δίεσθαι referred by some to the middle of δίω. Epic. LSJ

δικ- only in 2 aor. ἔδικον threw. In Pindar and the tragic poets. LSJ

διψάω (διψα-, διψη-) thirst: pres. see 394, 641: διψήσω, ἐδίψησα. (Attic) LSJ

δίω: see δι-. LSJ

διώκω pursue: διώξομαι (806) and (less well supported) διώξω, ἐδίωξα, δεδίωχα, ἐδιώχθην, διωκτέος. For ἐδιώκαθον see 490 D. (Attic) LSJ

δοκέω (δοκ-, δοκε-, 485) seem, think: δόξω, ἔδοξα, δέδογμαι, κατ-εδόχθην, ἀ-δόκητος. Poetic forms are δοκήσω, ἐδόκησα, δεδόκημαι, ἐδοκήθην. In trimeter Aristoph. uses only the shorter forms. (Attic) LSJ

δουπέω (δουπ-, δουπε-) sound heavily: ἐδούπησα, 2 perf. δέδουπα fell. Epic aor. ἐγδούπησα. Poetic. LSJ

δράττομαι (δραγ-) seize: ἐδραξάμην, δέδραγμαι. (III.) LSJ

δράω do: δρά̄σω, ἔδρᾱσα, δέδρᾱκα, δέδρᾱμαι (δέδρασμαι, 489 e, doubtful), ἐδρά̄σθην, δρᾱστέος. (Attic) LSJ

δρέπω pluck: ἔδρεψα, 2 aor. ἔδραπον Pind., ἄ-δρεπτος Aesch. Cp. δρέπ-τω poetic. δύναμαι am able, can (augment usually ἐδυν-, but also ἠδυν-, 430): δυνήσομαι, δεδύνημαι, ἐδυνήθην, δυνατός. Pres. 2 s. δύνασαι, δύνᾳ poetic, δύνῃ Ion. (465 a, N. 2), imperf. ἐδύνω (ἐδύνασο late), aor. pass. ἐδυνάσθην Epic, New Ion., Pind. (489 g). (Attic) LSJ

δύ̄ω enter, go down, sink, cause to enter (trans. generally in comp. W. ἀπό or κατά (819): also δύ̄-νω (Ion., poetic, rare in Xen.) enter: -δύ̄σω trans., -έδῡσα trans., 2 aor. ἔδῡν intrans. (p. 140), δέδῡκα intrans., -δέδῦκα trans., -δέδυμαι, -εδύθην, -δυθήσομαι Aristoph., -δυτέος. Fut. mid. δύ̄σομαι, aor. mid. -εδῡσάμην (Epic also ἐδῡσόμην, 542 D.). Hom. 2 aor. opt. δύ̄η and ἐκδῦμεν (758 D). (Attic) LSJ