Δί

to Zeus

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jul 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

8 words

[sc. This illustrates a] lengthening [of the vowel].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δί· ἐπέκτασις.

Betacode

*di/: e)pe/ktasis.

The monosyllabic dative of *zeu/s occurs at Pindar, Olympian 13.106 (web address 1) and elsewhere (see LSJ s.v.). The iota is long, as being a contraction of two iotas.
cf. delta 498.