Δάϊον

destructive

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

[Meaning a] monster [which is] hostile.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δάϊον· τέρας πολεμικόν.

Betacode

*da/i+on: te/ras polemiko/n.

A faulty version, it seems, of an entry which appears correctly in Hesychius (delta92): there 'monster' is part of the headword phrase (quoted from Euripides, Phoenician Women 1023), glossed with to\ polemiko\n sh=meion.