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διατρίβω

διατρίβω, διατρίβω, pass time, waste time (verb)

διατρίβω [ρῑ], pf. -τέτρῐφα Plb. 4.57.3:—Pass., aor. 2 διετρίβην [ῐ] (v. infr.):—
  • rub hard, χερσὶ διατρίψας Il. 11.847: more freq., wear away, consume, πάντα διατρίβουσιν Ἀχαιοί Od. 2.265; χρήματα Thgn. 921; τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων Th. 8.87; εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον to fritter away Providence into unreasoning causes, Plu. Nic. 23:— Pass., κάκιστα διατριβῆναι perish utterly, Hdt. 7.120 (v.l. ἐκ-), cf. Th. 8.78.
    • II spend, of Time, θερείην Hdt. 1.189; freq. χρόνον δ. Lys. 3.11; παρά τινι Hdt. 1.24, etc.; δ. τινὰς ἡμέρας X. HG 6.5.49; ἓξ ἔτη Isoc. 4.141 (later c. gen., ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δ. Hdn. 3.10.2):— Pass., ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη Th. 1.125.
      • 2 abs. (without χρόνον), waste time, οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις . .; make no more delay, Ar. Ra. 462; δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις pass all oneʼs time there, Id. Nu. 1002; ἐν ἄστει Antipho 1.14; ἐν ἀγρῷ Philem. 71.6; αὐτοῦ, ἔνδον, Pl. Prt. 311a; δ. μετʼ ἀλλήλων go on talking, Id. Phd. 59d, etc.: hence, busy, employ oneself, ἐν ζητήσει Id. Ap. 29c; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Id. Tht. 173c; ἐπί τινι Id. Euthd. 305a, Isoc. 3.19, D. 2.16; ἀμφί τι X. Eq. 2.1; περί τι Pl. Phd. 90c, Isoc. 1.4; πρὸς ἱππικῇ Pl. Prm. 126c; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις Arist. Pol. 1309a8; πρὸς φιλοσοφίᾳ (prob. l. for -ίαν) Pl. R. 540b: c. part., δ. μελετῶσαι X. Cyr. 1.2.12.
        • b abs., lose time, delay, Il. 19.150, Hp. VC 19, Ar. Eq. 515, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτριβε Pl. R. 472b; διατέτρῐφα I have let the time slip by . ., Id. Tht. 143a: c. part., καθʼ ἕκαστα λέγων δ. to waste time in speaking, Isoc. 3.35, cf. D. 1.9.
      • 3 reside, PHal. 1.182 (iii B.C.), PStrassb. 22.6 (ii A.D.), etc.
    • III put off by delay, thwart, hinder, μή τι διατρίβειν ἐμὸν χόλον Il. 4.42; οὔ τι διατρίβω μητρὸς γάμον Od. 20.341; τἄριστον Ar. Fr. 503: c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα κεν ἥ γε διατρίβῃσιν Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον put them off in the matter of her wedding, Od. 2.204: c. gen. rei, μὴ δηθὰ διατρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο let us not lose time on the way, ib. 404:—Med., μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης A.R. 2.883.

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