Strong G1211δή
so
- Transliteration
- dē
- Pronunciation
- day
- Morphology
- Greek Particle
Definition
Probably akin to G1161; a particle of emphasis or explicitness;
now then etc.: - also and doubtless now therefore.
now then etc.: - also and doubtless now therefore.
Detailed definition
δή
consecutive co-ordinating particle with no exact equiv. in Eng., giving greater exactness and emphasis to the word or words to which it is attached; sometimes translatable as now therefore, then, verily, certainly.
1. With verbs: imperat., Act.6:3 (WH, mg.) 13:2, 1Co.6:20; hort. subjc., Luk.2:15, Act.15:36; indic., δή που (Τ, δήπου, which see), Heb.2:16.
2. With pronouns: ὃ δή, now this is he who, Mat.13:23.†
(AS)
consecutive co-ordinating particle with no exact equiv. in Eng., giving greater exactness and emphasis to the word or words to which it is attached; sometimes translatable as now therefore, then, verily, certainly.
1. With verbs: imperat., Act.6:3 (WH, mg.) 13:2, 1Co.6:20; hort. subjc., Luk.2:15, Act.15:36; indic., δή που (Τ, δήπου, which see), Heb.2:16.
2. With pronouns: ὃ δή, now this is he who, Mat.13:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1211 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- also1
- and1
- doubtless1
- now1
- therefore1
First verses
- Matthew 13:23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
- Luke 2:15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
- Acts 13:2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
- Acts 15:36And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
δή,
properly a temporal Particle (compare ἤδη), at this or that point: hence, now, then, already, or at length:
I in Epic dialect (rarely Lyric poetry) sometimes at the beginning of a sentence or clause, Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ νῶϊν ἀπέκτατο πιστὸς ἑταῖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.437; δὴ πάμπαν ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρὸς ἑῆος 19.342; δὴ γὰρ μέγα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν 13.122; δὴ τότε, δή ῥα τότε, 1.476, 13.719, +others,compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.25, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 214 (Lyric poetry): but usually second (or nearly so))], frequently with Numerals and temporal Particles, ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα.. ὀϊστούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.297)]; ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι.. ἐνιαυτοί full nine years, [Refs (2.134)]; ἕκτον δὲ δὴ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ this is just the sixth day, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 39, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.107, etc.: also after _adverbs_ of Time, πολλάκι δή)] many a time and oft, often ere now,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (19.85; ὀψὲ δὲ δή 7.94; τρὶς δή 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.91)]; πάλαι δή, Latin jamdudum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 806)]; νῦν δή just now, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 923 (frequently written νυνδή, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b, etc.); νῦν τε καὶ ἄλλοτε δή [prev. work] 187d)]; now at length, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 353a, etc.)]; τότε δή at that very time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.49, etc.)]; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα this very instant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338b, etc.)]; ὕστερον δή yet later, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17: frequently with temporal Conjunctions, ἐπεὶ δή (written ἐπειδή, which see), etc.)]
II without temporal significance, as a Particle of emphasis, in fact, of course, certainly, ναὶ δή, ἦ δή, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.286, 518, etc.)]; οὐ δή surely not, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 246, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1069, etc.)]; δῆλα δή, see at {δῆλος}; with Verbs, δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.488; νῦν δὲ ὁρᾶτε δή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12; καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a: less frequently with Substantives, σοφιστὴν δή τοι ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι)] they call the man a sophist as you know, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 311e: with Conjunctions, ἵνα δή, ὡς δή, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.207, 5.24, etc.; ὅπως δή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85)]; γὰρ δή for manifestly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 874, 891, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 156c; οὐ γὰρ δή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 265: hence with a)]participle representing Conjunction and Verb, ἅτε δὴ ἐόντες since they evidently are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.90)]; but ὡς φόνον νίζουσα δή as though she were.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1338, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.4, etc.; and so, ironically, ὡς δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.110, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1315, “Eq.” 693, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342c, +others; frequently with σύ, ὡς δὴ σύ μοι τύραννος Ἀργείων ἔσῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1633, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 809, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 235, etc.)]; also ἵνα δή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e, “Men.” 86d; ὅτι δή.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 268d)]; also εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the pretended courtesans, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1181, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67, 6.80.)]
II.2 frequently placed immediately after Pronouns, ἐμὲ δή me of all persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155)]; σὺ δή you of all persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.115, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1226)]; οὗτος δή this and no other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43; ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι δὴ οἵ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1091)]; οὗτος δὴ ὁ Σωκράτης, ironically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 166a)]; τὸ λεγόμενον δὴ τοῦτο as the well-known saying goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 514e, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 962)]; δή τις some one you know of, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 108c, +others: with possess. Pronouns, τὸ σὸν δὴ τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 221b, compare “Grg.” 5c8 d, etc.: with relatives, ὃς δὴ νῦν κρατέει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.315; τὰ δὴ καὶ ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.22)]; οἷος δὴ σύ just such as thou, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.376, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.32, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 995, etc.; ὅσα δή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1, etc.: with _adjectives_, οἴη δή, μοῦνος δή, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.69, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25; ἐν πολλῇ δὴ ἀπορίᾳ ἦσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.2: frequently with Superlatives, μάχη ἐγένετο πλείστου δὴ χρόνου μεγίστη δὴ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.74; ἁπάντων δὴ ἄλγιστον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 992, etc.)]
III to mark a transition, with or without inference, so, then, νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.457; τὴν μὲν δὴ τυραννίδα οὕτω ἔσχον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14; τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἄγος οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐκέλευον ἐλαύνειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127.)]
IV with Indef. Particles, see at {δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν}: with interrogatives, τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457e; τί δὲ δή..; [prev. author] “Phd.” 58c)] (simply τί δ; what then? R.[Refs (357d))]; πότερα δ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1235 (and with _adverbs_, ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθε; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.”)][near the start]; ποῦ δ; πῇ δ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 228e, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.339, etc.): with Indef. Pronouns, δή strengthens the _indefinite_ notion, ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιτέλλεο)] others be they who they may, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.295)]; μηδεὶς δή no one at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170e)]; δή τις some one or other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 498a (_plural_), etc. (rarely τις δή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 946))]; the neuter δή τι is common, ἦ ἄρα δή τι ἐΐσκομεν ἄξιον εἶνα; in any way, whatever it be, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.446; τὸ ἱππικόν, τῷ δή τι καὶ ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80; οὕτω δή τι [prev. author] 3.108, etc.; θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή)]whosoever it be, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.86)]; ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή, Latin quantocumque, [Refs ([prev. work] 160)], etc.; οἵα δή γε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 632, compare “Supp.” 162; but θαυμαστὰ δὴ ὅσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220b; ὡς δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.24, etc.)]; so almost, ={ἤδη, ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον} [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 24; καὶ δὴ φίλον τις ἔκταν᾽ ἀγνοίας ὕπο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 499; ἤκουσα δή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 823; πάθη μὲν οὖν δὴ πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην [prev. author] “Tr.” 153; οἶσθα μὲν δή [prev. work] 627)]; so καὶ δή already, in fact, frequently not at the beginning of the sentence, κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ᾽ ἅπερ εἶπας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 514, compare “Nu.” 906, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.83; but καὶ δή σφε λείπω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 507.)]
IV.2 to continue a narrative, frequently after μέν, then, so, τότε μὲν δὴ.. ἡσυχίην εἶχε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; Σόλων μὲν δὴ ἔνεμε [prev. work] 32; τὸν μὲν δὴ πέμπει [prev. work] 116; alone, εἷς δὴ τούτων.. ?? one of these.., [prev. work] 114, etc.: frequently in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα,)] Latin haec hactenus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 500, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; τούτων δὴ ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.28, etc.)]; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these then amount to [Refs (1, 000, [prev. work] 1.5.5)]; in resuming after a parenthesis, Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος.., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.395; οὗτος δὴ.., ὁ μὲν δή 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43.)]
IV.2.b with imperative and subjunctive, μὴ δὴ.. ἐπιέλπεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.545, compare 5.684, etc.; χωρῶμεν δὴ πάντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1469)]; ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do but consider, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.5)]; ἄγε δή, φέρε δή, ἴθι δή, σκόπει δή, λέγε δή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235a, “Phd.” 63b, “Sph.” 224c, “Phd.” 80a, “Prt.” 312c.)]
IV.3 to express what follows a fortiori, καὶ μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή above all with arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78)]; μή τί γε δή not to mention, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.23; εἰ δὲ δὴ πόλεμος ἥξει [prev. author] 1.27.)]
IV.4 καὶ δή and what is more, adding an emphatic statement, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.161, 15.251, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.4; in Prose, frequently καὶ δὴ καί.., ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀπίκετο.., καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς Σάρδις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, etc.)]; καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν τί φῄ; and now what do you say? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187c)]; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and actually here present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 31)]; especially in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and of course riches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87e, compare “Tht.” 159c, “R.” 367d; εἴτ᾽.. εἴτ᾽.. εἴτεδή [prev. work] 493d.)]
IV.4.b καὶ δή is also used in answers, ἦ καὶ παρέστη κἀπὶ τέρμ᾽ ἀφίκετ; Answ. καὶ δὴ 'πὶ δισσαῖς ἦν.. πύλαις yes, he was even so far as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 49)]; βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω well, I am looking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 175, compare “Pax” 327, “Pl.” 227f, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 317f, 1436, etc.)]; πρόσθιγέ νύν μου. Answ. ψαύω καὶ δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 173)]; without καί, ἀποκρίνου περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐρωτῶ. Answ. ἐρώτα δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157d)]; ἐρώτα. Answ. ἐρωτῶ δή [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 448b.)]
IV.4.c in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and now suppose I have accepted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 894, compare “Ch.” 565, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 386, “Hel.” 1059, not found in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, once in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1224.)]
IV.5 δή in apodosi, after εἰ or ἐάν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.898, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524e, etc.)]; after ὅτε, ἡνίκα, even then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 170f, “El.” 954)]; after ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 435e, etc.)]; after ὡς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.4; ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτα ἐβουλεύοντο, καὶ δὴ ὁ βασιλεύς..)]already, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.10.10.)]
properly a temporal Particle (compare ἤδη), at this or that point: hence, now, then, already, or at length:
I in Epic dialect (rarely Lyric poetry) sometimes at the beginning of a sentence or clause, Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ νῶϊν ἀπέκτατο πιστὸς ἑταῖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.437; δὴ πάμπαν ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρὸς ἑῆος 19.342; δὴ γὰρ μέγα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν 13.122; δὴ τότε, δή ῥα τότε, 1.476, 13.719, +others,compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.25, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 214 (Lyric poetry): but usually second (or nearly so))], frequently with Numerals and temporal Particles, ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα.. ὀϊστούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.297)]; ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι.. ἐνιαυτοί full nine years, [Refs (2.134)]; ἕκτον δὲ δὴ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ this is just the sixth day, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 39, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.107, etc.: also after _adverbs_ of Time, πολλάκι δή)] many a time and oft, often ere now,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (19.85; ὀψὲ δὲ δή 7.94; τρὶς δή 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.91)]; πάλαι δή, Latin jamdudum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 806)]; νῦν δή just now, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 923 (frequently written νυνδή, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b, etc.); νῦν τε καὶ ἄλλοτε δή [prev. work] 187d)]; now at length, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 353a, etc.)]; τότε δή at that very time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.49, etc.)]; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα this very instant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 338b, etc.)]; ὕστερον δή yet later, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17: frequently with temporal Conjunctions, ἐπεὶ δή (written ἐπειδή, which see), etc.)]
II without temporal significance, as a Particle of emphasis, in fact, of course, certainly, ναὶ δή, ἦ δή, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.286, 518, etc.)]; οὐ δή surely not, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 246, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1069, etc.)]; δῆλα δή, see at {δῆλος}; with Verbs, δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.488; νῦν δὲ ὁρᾶτε δή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12; καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a: less frequently with Substantives, σοφιστὴν δή τοι ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι)] they call the man a sophist as you know, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 311e: with Conjunctions, ἵνα δή, ὡς δή, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.207, 5.24, etc.; ὅπως δή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85)]; γὰρ δή for manifestly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 874, 891, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 156c; οὐ γὰρ δή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 265: hence with a)]participle representing Conjunction and Verb, ἅτε δὴ ἐόντες since they evidently are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.90)]; but ὡς φόνον νίζουσα δή as though she were.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1338, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.4, etc.; and so, ironically, ὡς δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.110, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1315, “Eq.” 693, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342c, +others; frequently with σύ, ὡς δὴ σύ μοι τύραννος Ἀργείων ἔσῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1633, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 809, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 235, etc.)]; also ἵνα δή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e, “Men.” 86d; ὅτι δή.. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 268d)]; also εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the pretended courtesans, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1181, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67, 6.80.)]
II.2 frequently placed immediately after Pronouns, ἐμὲ δή me of all persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155)]; σὺ δή you of all persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.115, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1226)]; οὗτος δή this and no other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43; ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι δὴ οἵ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1091)]; οὗτος δὴ ὁ Σωκράτης, ironically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 166a)]; τὸ λεγόμενον δὴ τοῦτο as the well-known saying goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 514e, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 962)]; δή τις some one you know of, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 108c, +others: with possess. Pronouns, τὸ σὸν δὴ τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 221b, compare “Grg.” 5c8 d, etc.: with relatives, ὃς δὴ νῦν κρατέει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.315; τὰ δὴ καὶ ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.22)]; οἷος δὴ σύ just such as thou, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.376, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.32, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 995, etc.; ὅσα δή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1, etc.: with _adjectives_, οἴη δή, μοῦνος δή, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.69, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25; ἐν πολλῇ δὴ ἀπορίᾳ ἦσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.2: frequently with Superlatives, μάχη ἐγένετο πλείστου δὴ χρόνου μεγίστη δὴ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.74; ἁπάντων δὴ ἄλγιστον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 992, etc.)]
III to mark a transition, with or without inference, so, then, νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.457; τὴν μὲν δὴ τυραννίδα οὕτω ἔσχον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14; τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἄγος οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐκέλευον ἐλαύνειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127.)]
IV with Indef. Particles, see at {δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν}: with interrogatives, τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457e; τί δὲ δή..; [prev. author] “Phd.” 58c)] (simply τί δ; what then? R.[Refs (357d))]; πότερα δ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1235 (and with _adverbs_, ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθε; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.”)][near the start]; ποῦ δ; πῇ δ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 228e, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.339, etc.): with Indef. Pronouns, δή strengthens the _indefinite_ notion, ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπιτέλλεο)] others be they who they may, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.295)]; μηδεὶς δή no one at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170e)]; δή τις some one or other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 498a (_plural_), etc. (rarely τις δή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 946))]; the neuter δή τι is common, ἦ ἄρα δή τι ἐΐσκομεν ἄξιον εἶνα; in any way, whatever it be, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.446; τὸ ἱππικόν, τῷ δή τι καὶ ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80; οὕτω δή τι [prev. author] 3.108, etc.; θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή)]whosoever it be, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.86)]; ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή, Latin quantocumque, [Refs ([prev. work] 160)], etc.; οἵα δή γε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 632, compare “Supp.” 162; but θαυμαστὰ δὴ ὅσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220b; ὡς δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.24, etc.)]; so almost, ={ἤδη, ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον} [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 24; καὶ δὴ φίλον τις ἔκταν᾽ ἀγνοίας ὕπο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 499; ἤκουσα δή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 823; πάθη μὲν οὖν δὴ πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην [prev. author] “Tr.” 153; οἶσθα μὲν δή [prev. work] 627)]; so καὶ δή already, in fact, frequently not at the beginning of the sentence, κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ᾽ ἅπερ εἶπας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 514, compare “Nu.” 906, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.83; but καὶ δή σφε λείπω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 507.)]
IV.2 to continue a narrative, frequently after μέν, then, so, τότε μὲν δὴ.. ἡσυχίην εἶχε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; Σόλων μὲν δὴ ἔνεμε [prev. work] 32; τὸν μὲν δὴ πέμπει [prev. work] 116; alone, εἷς δὴ τούτων.. ?? one of these.., [prev. work] 114, etc.: frequently in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα,)] Latin haec hactenus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 500, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; τούτων δὴ ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.28, etc.)]; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these then amount to [Refs (1, 000, [prev. work] 1.5.5)]; in resuming after a parenthesis, Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος.., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.395; οὗτος δὴ.., ὁ μὲν δή 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43.)]
IV.2.b with imperative and subjunctive, μὴ δὴ.. ἐπιέλπεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.545, compare 5.684, etc.; χωρῶμεν δὴ πάντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1469)]; ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do but consider, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.5)]; ἄγε δή, φέρε δή, ἴθι δή, σκόπει δή, λέγε δή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235a, “Phd.” 63b, “Sph.” 224c, “Phd.” 80a, “Prt.” 312c.)]
IV.3 to express what follows a fortiori, καὶ μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή above all with arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78)]; μή τί γε δή not to mention, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.23; εἰ δὲ δὴ πόλεμος ἥξει [prev. author] 1.27.)]
IV.4 καὶ δή and what is more, adding an emphatic statement, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.161, 15.251, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.4; in Prose, frequently καὶ δὴ καί.., ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀπίκετο.., καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς Σάρδις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, etc.)]; καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν τί φῄ; and now what do you say? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187c)]; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and actually here present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 31)]; especially in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and of course riches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87e, compare “Tht.” 159c, “R.” 367d; εἴτ᾽.. εἴτ᾽.. εἴτεδή [prev. work] 493d.)]
IV.4.b καὶ δή is also used in answers, ἦ καὶ παρέστη κἀπὶ τέρμ᾽ ἀφίκετ; Answ. καὶ δὴ 'πὶ δισσαῖς ἦν.. πύλαις yes, he was even so far as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 49)]; βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω well, I am looking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 175, compare “Pax” 327, “Pl.” 227f, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 317f, 1436, etc.)]; πρόσθιγέ νύν μου. Answ. ψαύω καὶ δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 173)]; without καί, ἀποκρίνου περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐρωτῶ. Answ. ἐρώτα δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157d)]; ἐρώτα. Answ. ἐρωτῶ δή [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 448b.)]
IV.4.c in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and now suppose I have accepted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 894, compare “Ch.” 565, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 386, “Hel.” 1059, not found in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, once in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1224.)]
IV.5 δή in apodosi, after εἰ or ἐάν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.898, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524e, etc.)]; after ὅτε, ἡνίκα, even then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 170f, “El.” 954)]; after ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 435e, etc.)]; after ὡς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.4; ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτα ἐβουλεύοντο, καὶ δὴ ὁ βασιλεύς..)]already, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.10.10.)]