D, d
D d, devlta
, indecl., fourth letter of the Gr. alph.: as numeral,
dV
=
tevssare"
and
tevtarto"
, but
Ëd
=
4000.
I.
d
is the medial dental mute, between the tenuis
t
and the aspirate
q
.
II.
changes of
d
in the dialects:
1.
Aeol.
into
b
, as
savmbalon
for
savndalon
:—reversely,
ojbelov"
becomes
ojdelov"
in
Dor.
2.
Aeol.
or
Dor.
into
z
, or
z
into
d
and
sd
,
v.
Z. z
.
II
. 2.
3.
into
q
, as
yeu`do" yuvqo"
.
4.
into
l
, as
dahvr
,
Lat.
levir
,
davkru
lacryma,
dasuv" lavsio"
.
5.
into
"
, as
ojdmhv ojsmhv, i[dmen i[smen
.
6.
sometimes
d
is inserted to give a fuller sound, (
ajnhvr
)
ajnevro" ajndrov"
.
7.
d
is sometimes lost,
cf.
diwgmov"
,
divwxi"
with
ijwkhv
.
8.
it sometimes represents
j. (y),
as in
h[dh
or
dhv
,
Lat.
jam
.
da
da±- , intensive Prefix, = za- , as in dav-skio", da-foinov" .
da`
da` , explained by the Scholl. as Dor. for gh` , in the phrases da` feu`, feu` da` Aesch ., Eur. ; ouj da`n no by earth, Theocr. But it is prob. that da` or Da` is a Dor. voc. of Davn = Zavn (i.e. Zhvn = Zeuv" ), and Da`n acc. = Zh`n (i.e. Zh`na ).
daguv"
da<Eth>guv" , u`do", hJ , a wax doll, puppet, Theocr.
da/divon
da/divon , tov , Dim. of dai?", dav/" , used of firewood, Ar.
da/div"
da/div" , ivdo", hJ , a torch-feast, Luc.
da/doucevw
da/doucevw , f. hvsw , to hold the office of da/dou`co" , to carry a torch, esp. in pageants, Eur.
da/dou`co"
da/d-ou`co" , oJ , ( da`/", e[cw ) a torch-bearer, an officer at the mysteries of Eleusinian Demeter, Arist.
da/doforevw
da/do-forevw , f. hvsw , ( da`/", fevrw ) to carry torches, Luc.
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