A.“δαίνυ_” Il.9.70, part. “-ύντα” Od.4.3: Ep. impf. “δαίνυ_” Il.23.29; δαίνυεν (from δαινύω) Call. Cer.84: fut. “δαίσω” Il.19.299, A.Eu.305: aor. “ἔδαισα” Pi.N.9.24, Hdt.1.162, E.Or.15:—Med., “δαίνυ^ται” Il.15.99: 2sg. subj. “δαινύῃ” Od.19.328; Ep. 3sg. opt. “δαινῦτο” Il.24.665; 3pl. opt. “δαινύατο” Od.18.248; part. “-ύμενος” Cratin. 142; 2sg. impf. δαίνὐ (i.e. -υο) Il.24.63: fut. “δαίσομαι” Lyc.668, Herod.4.93, etc., (μετα-) Od.18.48: aor. “ἐδαισάμην” Archil.99, Pi.P.10.31, etc.; “δαισάμενοι” Od.18.408; [δαινυ^η Od.19.328; but “δαινυ_ῃ” 8.243 (for wh. δαινύεαι shd. be read)]. (V. “δαίω” B.):—poet. Verb (used by Hdt.), give a banquet or feast, “δαίνυ δαῖτα γέρουσι” Il.9.70; ἔφασκες . . δαίσειν γάμον didst promise to give me a marriage-feast, 19.299, cf. Od.4.3, h.Ven.141, Pi.N.1.72; “ὁτοῖσι τάφον μενοεικέα δαίνυ” Il.23.29, cf. Od.3.309; δ. ὑμεναίους, γάμους, E.IA123 (lyr.), 707.
2. c. acc. pers., feast one on a thing, “τὸν . . Ἀστυάγης ἀνόμῳ τραπέζῃ ἔδαισε” Hdt.1.162, cf. E.Or.15; ζῶν με δαίσεις thou shalt be my living feast, A.Eu.305.
II. Med., have a feast given one, feast, in Hom. more freq. than Act., Il.15.99, al., cf. Pi.I.6(5).36, Hdt.1.211; “δαίσασθαι γάμον” Archil. l.c.