A). δηϊόψεν Od. 4.226 , part. δηϊόων Il. 17.566 ; Att. pres. δῃῶ, δῃοῦμεν, -οῦτε, X. Cyr. 3.3.18 , Ar. Lys. 1146 , part. δῃῶν Il. 17.65 : impf. ἐδῄουν Th. 1.65 , X. Cyr. 5.4.23 , ἐδηΐουν Hdt. 8.33 , 50 (ἐδῄευν v.l. in 5.89 ); Ep. δῄουν Il. 11.71 , al., δηϊάασκον (as if from δηϊάω) A.R. 2.142 : fut. δῃώσω Il. 9.243 , etc.: aor. ἐδῄωσα Th. 1.114 , subj. δῃώσῃ, -ωσιν, Il. 16.650 , 4.416 , part. δῃώσας 8.534 , al., Ion. δηϊώσας Hdt. 6.135 : pf. δεδῄωκα Rh. 8.193 W.( Sopat.):— Med., fut. δῃώσεσθαι (in pass. sense) A.R. 2.117 : aor.1 δῃώσασθαι v.l. in J. BJ 2.13.2 , cf. Q.S. 5.567 , Opp. H. 5.350 :— Pass., aor. ἐδηϊώθην Hdt. 7.133 , δῃωθείς Il. 4.417 : pf., Hsch., part. δεδῃωμένος Luc. DMort. 10.11 .— Hom. has δῃ-, when <*> is folld. by a long syll.: A.R. forms impf. ἐδήϊον (as if from δηΐω) 3.1374 , said by Sch. to be taken from Eumel. ( Fr. 9 ), cf. δῄειν· πολεμεῖν, φονεύειν, Hsch. (δῃεῖν cod.), Cyr., δηίων· διακόπτων, Hsch., Cyr.: this is perh. a difft. Verb, and δήϊον, δῄων might be read in Hom.:— cut down, slay, χαλκῷ δηϊόων Il. 17.566 , etc.; ἔγχεϊ δηϊόων περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος slaying [men]. ., 18.195 : abs., δῄουν were slaying, 16.771 ; δηϊόωντο were being slain, 13.675 ; Ἕκτορα δῃώσαντε 22.218 ; Κικόνων ὕπο δῃωθέντες Od. 9.66 .

2). rend, tear, cleave, δῄουν .. βοείας ἀσπίδας were cleaving shields, Il. 5.452 , etc.; of a spear, cut asunder, 14.518 ; of savage beasts, ἔγκατα πάντα λαφύσσει δῃῶν 17.65 , cf. 16.158 ; τὸν πώγωνα δεδῃωμένος having had his beard cut off, Luc. DMort. 10.11 .

II). after Hom., waste, ravage a country, Sol. 13.21 , Hdt. 5.89 , 7.133 , etc.; δ. χώραν Ar. Lys. 1146 , Th. 1.81 , etc.; ἄστυ δῃώσειν πυρί S. OC 1319 .