δάϊς

Possibly from an original meaning of “burning”, connected to δᾰῐ̈́ς (dăĭ̈́s, “torch”). However, the Mycenaean form *𐀅𐀂𐀦𐀲 (*da-i-qo-ta), lacking -ϝ- (-w-), suggests a non-Indo-European origin.^[1]

δᾰ́ῐ̈ς • (dắĭ̈s) f (genitive δᾰ́ῐ̈ος); third declension

1. (Epic) battle
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.286:

     ἀρᾶται δὲ τάχιστα μιγήμεναι ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ·

     arâtai dè tákhista migḗmenai en daï̀ lugrēî;

     • Translation by A. T. Murray

       but he prayeth to mingle forthwith in woeful war

   • c. 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 650
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 925
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fragmenta 243

• “δάϊς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δάϊς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011