(better Διειπετής, cf. Zenodor. ap. Sch. Od. 4.477), ές, (< πίπτω) fallen from Zeus, i.e.
from heaven, Ep. epith. of streams, fed or swollen by rain, Il. 16.174, Od. 4.477, Hes. Fr. 217; νάματ’ οὐ δ., of stagnant water, E. Hyps. Fr. 5 (3).31; δ. ὕδατα, of rain, Plu. Mar. 21. generally, divine, bright, χαλκός Emp. 100.9; αἰθὴρ διϊπετής divine, holy, E. Ba. 1267; δ. πυρσοῖς gleaming with fires, Id. Rh. 43 (lyr.).
in continual flow, Hp. Mul. 1.24 (expld. as = διαυγής, καθαρός, Erot.). διϊπετέες οἰωνοί, prob.
hovering in the sky, h.Ven. 4.