4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of δία:
δῑᾱ,δῖος (heavenly): fem nom/voc/acc dual
δῑᾱ,δῖος (heavenly): fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic)
LSJ entry
δῖος
δῖος
,
δῖᾰ
(
Hom.
,
v.
infr.),
δῖον,
fem.
δίᾱ
in
E. Rh. 226
(lyr.),
IT 404
(lyr.)
(
δίη
Hes. Th. 260
codd.);
fem.
δῖος
E. Ba. 599
(anap.):—
A.
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
dǐv-ǐyos,
cf.
Skt.
div-yá
-ʼheavenly’
(freq.
trisyll.),
but
fem.
δῖα
for
div-ya.
)