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διαβαίνω

διαβαίνω, διαβαίνω, step across; go over, cross

διαβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι: aor. -έβην, Aeol. part. ζάβαις Alc. Supp. 7.3:
    • I intr., stride, walk or stand with legs apart, εὖ διαβάς, of a man planting himself firmly for fighting, Il. 12.458, Tyrt. 11.21; ὡδὶ διαβάς Ar. V. 688; τοσόνδε βῆμα διαβεβηκότος Id. Eq. 77; opp. συμβεβηκώς, X. Eq. 1.14; πόδας μὴ -βεβῶτας Hp. Art. 43, cf. D.S. 4.76; κολοσσοὶ -βεβηκότες Plu. Ad. princ. ind. 2.779f; simply, spacious, δόμοι Corn. ND 15: metaph., μεγάλα δ. ἐπί τινα to go with huge strides against . ., Luc. Anach. 32; ὀνόματα -βεβηκότα εἰς πλάτος great straddling words, D.H. Comp. 22; [ποὺς] -βεβηκώς with a mighty stride, ib. 17: c. acc. cogn., αἱ ἁρμονίαι διαβεβήκασι εὐμεγέθεις διαβάσεις ib. 20; also ἐξερείσματα χρόνων πρὸς ἑδραῖον -βεβηκότα μέγεθος Longin. 40.4.
    • II c. acc., step across, pass over, τάφρον Il. 12.50; πόρον Ὠκεανοῖο Hes. Th. 292, cf. A. Pers. 865 (lyr.); Ἀχέροντα Alc. l.c.; ποταμόν Hdt. 1.75, etc., cf. 7.35; also διὰ ποταμοῦ X. An. 4.8.2.
      • 2 abs. (θάλασσαν or ποταμόν being omitted), cross over, Ἤλιδʼ ἐς εὐρύχορον διαβήμεναι Od. 4.635; <ἐς> τήνδε τὴν ἤπειρον Hdt. 4.118; πλοίῳ Id. 1.186, cf. Th. 1.114, Pl. Phdr. 229c, etc.: metaph., τῷ λόγῳ διέβαινε ἐς Εὐρυβιάδεα he went over to him, Hdt. 8.62; δ. ἐπὶ τὰ μείζω Arr. Epict. 1.18.18.
        • b πόθεν . . διαβέβηκε τὸ ἀργύριον from what sources the money has mounted up, Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.829e.
      • 3 bestride, AP 5.54 (Diosc.).
      • 4 decide, δίκας SIG 426.7 (Teos, iii B. C.).
      • 5 come home to, affect, εἴς τινα Diog. Oen.2, Steph. in Rh. 281.5.

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