δ124Δαίς
feast
[Meaning] festivities. And when [sc. Homer] says "an abundant feast" [dai=ta], they say that di/aita is being said by a change of letter. But to say [it is derived] from dai/sasqai ["to feast"] [is] rather forced.
Δαίς· ἡ εὐωχία. καὶ Δαῖτα θάλειαν ὅτε φησί, στοιχείου μεταθέσει δίαιτάν φασι λέγεσθαι. τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίσασθαι λέγειν, βιαιότερον.
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