A.“δάηται” Il.20.316: also intr. in pf. 2 Act. δέδηα, plpf. δεδήειν (v. infr.); Ep. part. fem. “δεδα^υῖα” Nonn.D.6.305: aor. part. “δαισθείς” E.Heracl.914 (if not from δαίνυμι): also aor. 2 subj. δαβῇ, ἐκδαβῇ, Hsch.: pf. Pass. δέδαυμαι (v. infr. 11). (Δαϝ-ψω, cf. δε-δαυ-μένος, δαβελός, Skt. dunō óti 'burn'):—poet. Verb, light up, kindle, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος ἀκάματον πῦρ she made fire burn from . ., Il.5.4, cf. 7; “ἐκ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ δαῖε φλόγα” 18.206, cf. 227; so “πῦρ καὶ φῶς δ.” A.Ch.864 (lyr.); “φλόγα” Id.Ag.496: metaph., “δαῖε δ᾽ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς . . πόθον” A.R.4.1147:—Pass., blaze, burn fiercely, “ἐν πεδίῳ πῦρ δαίετο καῖε δὲ νεκρούς” Il.21.343; πυρὶ ὄσσε δεδήει blazed with fire, 12.466; “ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε δαίεται” blaze like fire, Od.6.132; “σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο φλόξ” S.Tr.765: mostly metaph. sense, “μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηεν” Il.20.18, al., cf. 12.35, 17.253; Ὄσσα δεδήει Rumour spread like wild-fire, 2.93; “φιλοφροσύνη δεδήει” glowed, Emp.130.2.
II. burn up, “μῆρ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμῶν” Epigr.Gr.1035.20 (Pergam.); σάρκας ἔδευσε (sic) πυρί Berl.Sitzb. l.c.; τὰν χώραν δ. Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.90; use cautery, Hp.Haem.2 (very rare in Prose):—Pass., “φλογὶ σῶμα δαισθείς” E. l.c.; “μηρίων δεδαυμένων” Semon.30; ἐν ἔρωτι δεδ., prob. in Call.Epigr.50 (cf. “δάκνω” 111).