δῆ
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- δηγῆ (dēgê) — alternative correction of the first two words in the quote
Etymology
editPossibly from Paleo-Balkan, closely related to Albanian dhe (“earth”).[1]
Noun
editδῆ • (dê)
- (hapax) earth?
- Synonym: γῆ (gê)
- 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Δ.755:
- δῆ· γῆ καὶ σιωπᾷ
- dê; gê kaì siōpâi
- dê: earth and keeps in silence
References
edit- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 41
Further reading
edit- “δῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press