Aeol. form deuvw ( v. deuvw B) shews that the Root of this word was DE ü .)
dhv
dhv , Particle used to give greater exactness, to the word or words which it influences (prob. a shortened form of h[dh , Lat. jam ) now, in truth, indeed, surely, really.
I.
Usage of
dhv
with single words:
1.
after Adjectives,
oi\o" dhv, movno" dhv
,
all
alone, Od.,
etc.
;
esp.
such as imply magnitude,
mevga" dhv, mikro;" dhv
,
etc.
; often with Superlatives,
mevgisto" dhv, kravtisto" dhv
quite
the greatest,
confessedly
the best,
Thuc.
; so with Numerals,
o[ktw dh; proevhka oji>stouv"
I have shot
full
eight arrows, Il.;
ei|" dhv
one
only,
Eur
.,
etc.
2. after Adverbs, pollavki" dhv many times and oft, often ere now, Lat. jam saepe , Il.; ojye; de; dhv quite late, Ib.; nu`n dhv even now, now first, now at length, Xen ., etc. :— tovte dhv at that very time, Thuc. ; aujtivka dh; mavla on the very spot, Plat. ; also, nai; dhv yea verily, Il.; ouj dhv surely not, Soph.
3.
with Verbs,
dh; ga;r i[don ojfqalmoi`si
for
verily
I saw him, Il.
4.
with Substantives,
ej" dh; to; [Argo" tou`to
. .
well
to this A. they came,
Hdt.
;
tevlo" dhv
its
complete
end, Aesch. ; ironically, Lat. scilicet , eijshvgage ta;" eJtairivda" dhv the pretended courtesans, Xen.
5. with Pronouns, to mark strongly, ejme; dhv a man like me, Hdt .; su; dhv you of all persons, Id.; ou|to" dhv this and no other, Id.; o{" dhv who plainly, Il.:—with indef. Pronouns, a[lloi dhv others be they who they may, Ib.; dhv ti" some one or other, Lat. nescio quis , Plat .; dhv ti in any way, whatever it be, Il., Hdt.
II.
in reference to whole clauses:
1.
to continue a narrative,
so then, so,
tovte me;n dh; hJsucivhn ei\ce
Hdt
.; in summing up,
toiau`ta me;n dh; tau`ta
,
Lat.
haec hactenus
,
Aesch.
2.
in inferences,
Hdt.
,
etc.
;
esp.
to express what is unexpected,
kai; su; dhv
so then
you too!
Aesch.
3.
with Imper. and Subj.,
ejnnoei`te ga;r dhv
for do
but
consider,
Xen.
; so,
a[ge dhv, fevre dhv, i[qi dhv, skovpei dhv
,
etc.
4. ge dhv to express what follows a fortiori, meta; o{plwn ge dhv above all with arms, Thuc. ; mhv tiv ge dhv not to mention that, Dem.
5.
kai; dhv
and
what is more,
Il.: so,
ej" Ai[gupton ajpivketo, kai; dh; kai; ej" Savrdi"
he came to Egypt, and
what is more
to Sardis also,
Hdt.
;
ijscu;" kai; kavllo" kai; plou`to" dhv
and
above all
riches,
Plat.
b.
kai; dhv
is also in answers,
blevyon kavtw
. Answ.
kai; dh; blevpw
,
well,
I am looking,
Ar.
c.
in assumptions,
kai; dh; devdegmai
and
now suppose
I have accepted,
Aesch.
dh/avlwto"
dh/avlwto" , on , contr. for dhi>avlwto" .
dh`gma
dh`gma , ato", tov , ( davknw ) a bite, sting, Xen .: metaph. , d. luvph" Aesch.
dhgmov"
dhgmov" , oJ , ( davknw ) the act of biting: in pl. caustics, Plut.
dhqav
dhqav , Ep. Adv ., = dhvn , for a long time, Lat. diu , Hom.