LogeionPerseus analysis of δαιτός:
δαίς 3 (fire-brand, pinetorch): fem gen sg
LSJ entry
δαΐς 1
δαΐς,
δαΐδος, Att. contr. δᾴς,
δᾳδός, ἡ: (
δαίω Α):—
A. fire-brand, pinetorch, δαΐδων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων Il. 18.492;
δαΐδας μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχοντες Od. 7.101;
δᾷδες, = λαμπάδες, Philyll. 29;
ἀραμένη δαΐδας IG 12(5).229.8;
ἔλαχεν μυστιπόλους δ., of a δᾳδοῦχος, ib.3.172: in sg., Ar. Nu. 1494,
Antiph. 199,
272:
collective in sg., metaph., ἐπὶ τὴν δᾷδα προελθεῖν to come to the funeral-torch. i.e. end of life, Plu. 2.789a.