δίω

See also: διώ, δίῳ, and Δίῳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɔː/ → /ˈði.o/ → /ˈði.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/

Verb

δῐ́ω • (dĭ́ō)

1. to run away, take to flight, flee, speed
2. to be afraid, fear
3. (in middle) to drive away, chase, put to flight
4. (in middle) to pursue, give chase

Usage notes

Found primarily in the mediopassive voice, so that many dictionaries give δίεμαι (díemai) as the lemma form or treat δίω (díō) and δίεμαι (díemai) as two separate lemmas.

Conjugation

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐ́ω	δῐ́εις	δῐ́ει	δῐ́ετον	δῐ́ετον	δῐ́ομεν	δῐ́ετε	δῐ́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δῐ́ω	δῐ́ῃς	δῐ́ῃ	δῐ́ητον	δῐ́ητον	δῐ́ωμεν	δῐ́ητε	δῐ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐ́οιμῐ	δῐ́οις	δῐ́οι	δῐ́οιτον	δῐοίτην	δῐ́οιμεν	δῐ́οιτε	δῐ́οιεν
	imperative		δῐ́ε	δῐέτω	δῐ́ετον	δῐέτων		δῐ́ετε	δῐόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δίομαι, δίεμαι	δῐ́ῃ, δῐ́ει	δῐ́εται	δῐ́εσθον	δῐ́εσθον	δῐόμεθᾰ	δῐ́εσθε	δίονται, δίενται
	subjunctive	δῐ́ωμαι	δῐ́ῃ	δῐ́ηται	δῐ́ησθον	δῐ́ησθον	δῐώμεθᾰ	δῐ́ησθε	δῐ́ωνται
	optative	δῐοίμην	δῐ́οιο	δῐ́οιτο	δῐ́οισθον	δῐοίσθην	δῐοίμεθᾰ	δῐ́οισθε	δῐ́οιντο
	imperative		δῐ́ου	δῐέσθω	δῐ́εσθον	δῐέσθων		δῐ́εσθε	δῐέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δῐ́ειν				δῐ́εσθαι
participle	m	δῐ́ων				δῐόμενος
	f	δῐ́ουσᾰ				δῐομένη
	n	δῐ́ον				δῐόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: δῐ́ω, δίομαι

Further reading

• “δίω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίεμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δίεμαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dǐː.ɔː/ → /ˈði.o/ → /ˈði.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dǐː.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/

Adjective

δῑ́ω • (dī́ō)

1. masculine/neuter nominative/accusative/vocative dual of δῖος (dîos)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɔː/ → /ˈði.o/ → /ˈði.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/

Verb

δῐ́ω • (dĭ́ō)

1. first-person singular aorist active subjunctive of δείδω (deídō)