A). at this or that point: hence, now, then, already, or at length:

I). in Ep. (rarely Lyr.) sts. at the beginning of a sentence or clause, Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ νῶϊν ἀπέκτατο πιστὸς ἑταῖρος Il. 15.437 ; δὴ πάμπαν ἀποίχεαι ἀνδρὸς ἑῆος 19.342 ; δὴ γὰρ μέγα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν 13.122 ; δὴ τότε, δή ῥα τότε, 1.476 , 13.719 , al., cf. Pi. O. 3.25 , A. Th. 214 (lyr.): but usu. second (or nearly so), freq. with Numerals and temporal Particles, ὀκτὼ δὴ προέηκα .. ὀϊστούς Il. 8.297 ; ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι .. ἐνιαυτοί full nine years, 2.134 ; ἕκτον δὲ δὴ τόδ’ ἦμαρ this is just the sixth day, E. Or. 39 , cf. Il. 24.107 , etc.: also after Advbs. of Time, πολλάκι δή many a time and oft, often ere now, 19.85 ; ὀψὲ δὲ δή 7.94 ; τρὶς δή Pi. P. 9.91 ; πάλαι δή, Lat. jamdudum, S. Ph. 806 ; νῦν δή just now, Ar. Av. 923 (freq. written νυνδή, Pl. Tht. 145b , etc.); νῦν τε καὶ ἄλλοτε δή ib. 187d ; now at length, Id. R. 353a , etc.; τότε δή at that very time, Th. 1.49 , etc.; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα this very instant, Pl. R. 338b , etc.; ὕστερον δή yet later, Th. 2.17 : freq. with temporal Conjunctions, ἐπεὶ δή (written ἐπειδή, q. v.), etc.

II). without temporal significance, as a Particle of emphasis, in fact, of course, certainly, ναὶ δή, ἦ δή, Il. 1.286 , 518 , etc.; οὐ δή surely not, S. Ph. 246 , cf. E. Or. 1069 , etc.; δῆλα δή, v. δῆλος; with Verbs, δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι Il. 15.488 ; νῦν δὲ ὁρᾶτε δή X. Cyr. 3.2.12 ; καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος .. Pl. Ap. 21a : less freq. with Substs., σοφιστὴν δή τοι ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι they call the man a sophist as you know, Id. Prt. 311e : with Conjunctions, ἵνα δή, ὡς δή, Il. 23.207 , 5.24 , etc.; ὅπως δή Th. 5.85 ; γὰρ δή for manifestly, A. Ch. 874 , 891 , Pl. Tht. 156c ; οὐ γὰρ δή S. OC 265 : hence with a part. representing Conjunction and Verb, ἅτε δὴ ἐόντες since they evidently are, Hdt. 8.90 ; but ὡς φόνον νίζουσα δή as though she were .., E. IT 1338 , cf. Hdt. 1.66 , X. Cyr. 5.4.4 , etc.; and so, ironically, ὡς δή Il. 1.110 , Ar. V. 1315 , Eq. 693 , Pl. Prt. 342c , al.; freq. with σύ, ὡς δὴ σύ μοι τύραννος Ἀργείων ἔσῃ A. Ag. 1633 , cf. S. OC 809 , E. Andr. 235 , etc.; also ἵνα δή .. Pl. R. 420e , Men. 86d ; ὅτι δή .. Id. Phdr. 268d ; also εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the pretended courtesans, X. HG 5.4.6 , cf. E. Ion 1181 , Th. 4.67 , 6.80 .

2). freq. placed immediately after Pronouns, ἐμὲ δή me of all persons, Hdt. 3.155 ; σὺ δή you of all persons, Id. 1.115 , S. Aj. 1226 ; οὗτος δή this and no other, Hdt. 1.43 ; ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι δὴ οἵ .. S. Tr. 1091 ; οὗτος δὴ ὁ Σωκράτης, ironically, Pl. Tht. 166a ; τὸ λεγόμενον δὴ τοῦτο as the well-known saying goes, Id. Grg. 514e , cf. E. Hipp. 962 ; δή τις some one you know of, Pl. Phd. 108c , al.: with possess. Pronouns, τὸ σὸν δὴ τοῦτο Pl. Smp. 221b , cf. Grg. 5c8 d, etc.: with relatives, ὃς δὴ νῦν κρατέει Il. 21.315 ; τὰ δὴ καὶ ἐγένετο Hdt. 1.22 ; οἷος δὴ σύ just such as thou, Il. 24.376 , cf. Od. 1.32 , S. Aj. 995 , etc.; ὅσα δή Ar. Ach. 1 , etc.: with Adjs., οἴη δή, μοῦνος δή, Od. 12.69 , Hdt. 1.25 ; ἐν πολλῇ δὴ ἀπορίᾳ ἦσαν X. An. 3.1.2 : freq. with Superlatives, μάχη ἐγένετο πλείστου δὴ χρόνου μεγίστη δὴ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν Th. 5.74 ; ἁπάντων δὴ ἄλγιστον S. Aj. 992 , etc.

III). to mark a transition, with or without inference, so, then, νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ’. . Il. 3.457 ; τὴν μὲν δὴ τυραννίδα οὕτω ἔσχον Hdt. 1.14 ; τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἄγος οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐκέλευον ἐλαύνειν Th. 1.127 .

IV). with Indef. Particles, v. δήποθεν, δήποτε, δήπω, δήπουθεν : with interrogatives, τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκα; Pl. Grg. 457e ; τίδὲδή ..; Id. Phd. 58c (simply τί δή; what then? R. 357d ); πότερα δή; S. Ph. 1235 (and with Advbs., ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθεν; Pl. Phdr. init.; ποῦ δή; πῇ δή; ib. 228e , Il. 2.339 , etc.): with Indef. Pronouns, δή strengthens the indef. notion, ἄλλοισιν δὴ ταῦτ’ ἐπιτέλλεο others be they who they may, Il. 1.295 ; μηδεὶς δή no one at all, Pl. Tht. 170e ; δή τις some one or other, Id. R. 498a (pl.), etc. (rarely τις δή E. IT 946 ); the neut. δή τι is common, ἦ ἄρα δή τι ἐΐσκομεν ἄξιον εἶναι; in any way, whatever it be, Il. 13.446 ; τὸ ἱππικόν, τῷ δή τι καὶ ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι Hdt. 1.80 ; οὕτω δή τι Id. 3.108 , etc.; θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή whosoever it be, Id. 1.86 ; ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή, Lat. quantocumque, ib. 160 , etc.; οἵα δή γε .. E. Heracl. 632 , cf. Supp. 162 ; but θαυμαστὰ δὴ ὅσα Pl. Smp. 220b ; ὡς δή Il. 5.24 , etc.; so almost, = ἤδη, ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον Anacr. 24 ; καὶ δὴ φίλον τις ἔκταν’ ἀγνοίας ὕπο A. Supp. 499 ; ἤκουσα δή S. Ant. 823 ; πάθη μὲν οὖν δὴ πόλλ’ ἔγωγ’ ἐκλαυσάμην Id. Tr. 153 ; οἶσθα μὲν δή ib. 627 ; so καὶ δή already, in fact, freq. not at the beginning of the sentence, κεῖται καὶ δὴ πάνθ’ ἅπερ εἶπας Ar. Ec. 514 , cf. Nu. 906 , Theoc. 5.83 ; but καὶ δή σφε λείπω A. Supp. 507 .

2). to continue a narrative, freq. after μέν, then, so, τότε μὲν δὴ .. ἡσυχίην εἶχε Hdt. 1.11 ; Σόλων μὲν δὴ ἔνεμε ib. 32 ; τὸν μὲν δὴ πέμπει ib. 116 ; alone, εἷς δὴ τούτων .. <*> one of these .., ib. 114 , etc.: freq. in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, Lat. haec hactenus, A. Pr. 500 , cf. Hdt. 1.14 , Th. 2.4 ; τούτων δὴ ἕνεκα X. Cyr. 3.2.28 , etc.; in summing up numbers, γίγνονται δὴ οὗτοι χίλιοι these then amount to 1 , 000 , ib. 1.5.5 ; in resuming after a parenthesis, Ἀνδρομάχη, θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος Ἠετίωνος .., τοῦ περ δὴ θυγάτηρ Il. 6.395 ; οὗτος δὴ .., ὁ μὲν δή Hdt. 1.43 .

b). with imper. and subj., μὴ δὴ .. ἐπιέλπεο Il. 1.545 , cf. 5.684 , etc.; χωρῶμεν δὴ πάντες S. Ph. 1469 ; ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do but consider, X. Cyr. 4.3.5 ; ἄγε δή, φέρε δή, ἴθι δή, σκόπει δή, λέγε δή, Pl. Sph. 235a , Phd. 63b , Sph. 224c , Phd. 80a , Prt. 312c .

3). to express what follows a fortiori, καὶ μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή above all with arms, Th. 4.78 ; μή τί γε δή not to mention, D. 2.23 ; εἰ δὲ δὴ πόλεμος ἥξει Id. 1.27 .

4). καὶ δή and what is more, adding an emphatic statement, Il. 1.161 , 15.251 , Hdt. 5.67 , Lys. 13.4 ; in Prose, freq. καὶ δὴ καί .., ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀπίκετο .., καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς Σάρδις Hdt. 1.30 , etc.; καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν τί φῄς; and now what do you say? Pl. Tht. 187c ; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα yes, and actually here present, S. OC 31 ; esp. in a series, ὑγίεια καὶ ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and of course riches, Pl. Men. 87e , cf. Tht. 159c , R. 367d ; εἴτ’. . εἴτ’. . εἴτεδή ib. 493d .

b). καὶ δή is also used in answers, ἦ καὶ παρέστη κἀπὶ τέρμ’ ἀφίκετο; Answ. καὶ δὴ ’πὶ δισσαῖς ἦν .. πύλαις yes, he was even so far as .., S. Aj. 49 ; βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω well, I am looking, Ar. Av. 175 , cf. Pax 327 , Pl. 227 sq., S. El. 317 sq., 1436 , etc.; πρόσθιγέ νύν μου. Answ. ψαύω καὶ δή S. OC 173 ; without καί, ἀποκρίνου περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐρωτῶ. Answ. ἐρώτα δή Pl. Tht. 157d ; ἐρώτα. Answ. ἐρωτῶ δή Id. Grg. 448b .

c). in assumptions or suppositions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and now suppose I have accepted, A. Eu. 894 , cf. Ch. 565 , E. Med. 386 , Hel. 1059 , not found in S., once in Ar. V. 1224 .

5). δή in apodosi, after εἰ or ἐάν, Il. 5.898 , Hdt. 1.108 , Pl. R. 524e , etc.; after ὅτε, ἡνίκα, even then, S. Ant. 170 sq., El. 954 ; after ἐπεί, ἐπειδάν, X. Cyr. 1.6.14 , Pl. Cra. 435e , etc.; after ὡς, X. Cyr. 7.2.4 ; ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτα ἐβουλεύοντο, καὶ δὴ ὁ βασιλεύς .. already, Id. An. 1.10.10 .