δῶ

δῶ

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `house' (Il.)

Other forms: in Hom. always at verse end, always as acc. (ἡμέτερον δῶ, ἐμὸν ποτὶ χαλκοβατες δῶ etc.) except α 392 δῶ \/ ἀφνειόν, where it is nom.; further Hes. Th. 933 χρύσεα δῶ acc. pl. (innovation).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [198] *dōm `house'

Etymology: The ancients saw the word as a shortened form of δῶμα (δῶ δῶμα, οἴκημα, σπήλαιον H.). J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 222ff. took it from *dōm, the root noun of δόμος etc. (s. v.); thus Schwyzer 569 and (doubting) Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 230; also Bartholomae Grundr. d. iran. Philol. 1, 214: *dōm old loc. = Av. dąm. - Fick 1, 458 and Brugmann Grundr.² 2 : 1, 136, also Risch 304, thought it was a local particle (adverb) (cf. ἡμέτερόν δε = ἡμέτερον δῶ) *dō `to(wards)', seen in OS tō, OHG zuo, perh. also in Lat. en-do. In Greek it is simply a substantive. Cf. δῶμα.

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