δή: now, just, indeed, really, etc.; a particle marking degree of time, quality, or emphasis, mostly untranslatable by a single word; postpositive except in the initial phrases δὴ τότε, δὴ γάρ, δὴ πάμπαν, Il. 19.342; καὶ δή μοι γέρας αὐτὸς ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖσ, and here now, Il. 1.161 ; ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα ὀιστούσ, full eight already, Il. 8.297 (so often w. numerals); appended to adverbs of time, ὅτε δή, ὀψὲ δή, to adjectives (esp. superlatives, κάρτιστοι δή, the very mightiest), to relative and interrogative pronouns, and to other particles, ὡς δή, ironical; εἰ δή, if really; ἀλλὰ δή, (γὰρ) δή (scilicet enim); esp. in wishes or commands, μὴ δή, only; ἴθι δή, ἄγε δή, etc. δή often coalesces with a following long vowel or diphthong (synizesis), δὴ αὖτε, δὴ οὕτωσ (not to be written δ̓).
such as thou, Il.24.376, cf. Od.1.32, S.Aj.995, etc.; ὅσα δήAr.Ach.1, etc.: with Adjs., οἴη δή, μοῦνος δή,Od.12.69, Hdt.1.25; ἐν πολλῇ δὴ ἀπορίᾳ ἦσανX.An.3.1.2: freq. with Superlatives, μάχη ἐγένετο πλείστου δὴ χρόνου μεγίστη δὴ τῶν ἙλληνικῶνTh.5.74; ἁπάντων δὴ ἄλγιστονS.Aj.992, etc. III. to mark a transition, with or without inference,
so, then,
νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ' ..Il.3.457; τὴν μὲν δὴ τυραννίδα οὕτω ἔσχονHdt.1.14; τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἄγος οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐκέλευον ἐλαύνεινTh.1.127. IV. with Indef. Particles, v. δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν: with interrogatives, τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκα;Pl.Grg.457e; τίδὲδή ..;Id.Phd.58c (simply τί δή; what
then? R.
357d); πότερα δή;S.Ph.1235 (and with Advbs., ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθεν;Pl.Phdr.init.; ποῦ δή; πῇ δή; ib.228e, Il.2.339, etc.): with Indef. Pronouns, δή strengthens the indef. notion, ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ' ἐπιτέλλεο others
be they who they may,
Il.1.295; μηδεὶς δή no one
at all,
Pl.Tht.170e; δή τισ some one
or other,
Id.R.498a (pl.), etc. (rarely τις δήE.IT946); the neut. δή τι is common, ἦ ἄρα δή τι ἐί̈σκομεν ἄξιον εἶναι; in any way,
freq. not at the beginning of the sentence, κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ' ἅπερ εἶπασAr.Ec.514, cf. Nu.906, Theoc.5.83; but καὶ δή σφε λείπωA.Supp.507. 2. to continue a narrative, freq. after μέν,
then, so,
τότε μὲν δὴ ..ἡσυχίην εἶχεHdt.1.11; Σόλων μὲν δὴ ἔνεμε ib. 32; τὸν μὲν δὴ πέμπει ib.116; alone, εἷς δὴ τούτων .. one of these .., ib.114, etc.: freq. in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, Lat.
haec hactenus,
A.Pr.500, cf. Hdt.1.14, Th.2.4; τούτων δὴ ἕνεκαX.Cyr.3.2.28, etc.; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these
then
amount to 1,000, ib.1.5.5; in resuming after a parenthesis, Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος .., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρIl.6.395; οὗτος δὴ .., ὁ μὲν δήHdt.1.43. b. with imper. and subj., μὴ δὴ ..ἐπιέλπεοIl.1.545, cf. 5.684, etc.; χωρῶμεν δὴ πάντεσS.Ph.1469; ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do
what do you say? Pl.Tht.187c; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and
actually
here present, S.OC31; esp. in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and
of course
riches, Pl.Men.87e, cf. Tht.159c, R.367d; εἴτ' ..εἴτ' ..εἴτεδή ib.493d. b.καὶ δή is also used in answers, ἦ καὶ παρέστη κἀπὶ τέρμ' ἀφίκετο; Answ. καὶ δὴ 'πὶ δισσαῖς ἦν ..πύλαισ
yes,
he was
even
so far as .., S.Aj.49; βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω
well,
I am looking, Ar.Av.175, cf. Pax327, Pl.227 sq., S.El.317 sq., 1436, etc.; πρόσθιγέ νύν μου. Answ. ψαύω καὶ δήS.OC173; without καί, ἀποκρίνου περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐρωτῶ. Answ. ἐρώτα δήPl.Tht.157d; ἐρώτα. Answ. ἐρωτῶ δήId.Grg.448b. c. in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and
now suppose
I have accepted, A.Eu.894, cf. Ch.565, E.Med.386, Hel. 1059, not found in S., once in Ar.V.1224. 5.δή in apodosi, after εἰ or ἐάν,Il.5.898, Hdt.1.108, Pl.R.524e, etc.; after ὅτε, ἡνίκα,
even then,
S.Ant.170 sq., El.954; after ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν,X.Cyr.1.6.14, Pl.Cra.435e, etc.; after ὡς,X.Cyr.7.2.4; ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτα ἐβουλεύοντο, καὶ δὴ ὁ βασιλεύς ..