δή
Particle used to give greater "exactness", to the word or words which it influences (prob. a shortened form of ἤδη, Lat. jam) now, in truth, indeed, surely, really.
I. Usage of δή with single words:
1. after Adjectives, οἶος δή, μόνος δή, "all" alone, Od., etc.; esp. such as imply magnitude, μέγας δή, μικρὸς δή, etc.; often with Superlatives, μέγιστος δή, κράτιστος δή "quite" the greatest, "confessedly" the best, Thuc.; so with Numerals, ὀκτώ δὴ προέηκα ὀϊστούς I have shot "full" eight arrows, Il.; εἷς δή one "only", Eur., etc.
2. after Adverbs, πολλάκις δή "many times and oft", often "ere now", Lat. jam saepe, Il.; ὀψὲ δὲ δή "quite" late, id=Il.; νῦν δή "even" now, now "first", now "at length", Xen., etc.:— τότε δή at that "very" time, Thuc.; αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα on the "very" spot, Plat.; also, ναὶ δή yea "verily", Il.; οὐ δή "surely" not, Soph.
3. with Verbs, δὴ γὰρ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι for "verily" I saw him, Il.
4. with Substantives, ἐς δὴ τὸ Ἄργος τοῦτο.. "well" to this A. they came, Hdt.; τέλος δή its "complete" end, Aesch.; ironically, Lat. scilicet, εἰσήγαγε τὰς ἑταιρίδας δή the "pretended" courtesans, Xen.
5. with Pronouns, to mark strongly, ἐμὲ δή "a" man "like me", Hdt.; σὺ δή you "of all persons", id=Hdt.; οὗτος δή this "and no other", id=Hdt.; ὅς δή who "plainly", Il.:—with indef. Pronouns, ἄλλοι δή others "be they who they may", id=Il.; δή τις some "one or other", Lat. nescio quis, Plat.; δή τι in any way, "whatever it be", Il., Hdt.
II. in reference to whole clauses:
1. to continue a narrative, "so then, so", τότε μὲν δὴ ἡσυχίην εἶχε Hdt.; in summing up, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, Lat. haec hactenus, Aesch.
2. in inferences, Hdt., etc.; esp. to express what is unexpected, καὶ σὺ δή "so then" you too! Aesch.
3. with Imperat. and Subj., ἐννοεῖτε γὰρ δή for do "but" consider, Xen.; so, ἄγε δή, φέρε δή, ἴθι δή, σκόπει δή, etc.
4. γε δή to express what follows "a fortiori", μετὰ ὅπλων γε δή "above all" with arms, Thuc.; μή τί γε δή not to mention that, Dem.
5. καὶ δή and "what is more", Il.: so, ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀπίκετο, καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς Σάρδις he came to Egypt, and "what is more" to Sardis also, Hdt.; ἰσχὺς καὶ κάλλος καὶ πλοῦτος δή and "above all" riches, Plat.
b. καὶ δή is also in answers, βλέψον κάτω. Answ. καὶ δὴ βλέπω, "well", I am looking, Ar.
c. in assumptions, καὶ δὴ δέδεγμαι and "now suppose" I have accepted, Aesch.