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|Definition=(3sg. <span class="bld">A</span> fut. διαήσει [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]), [[drive]], [[thrust]] or [[pass through]], <b class="b3">διὰ δ' ἧκε σιδήρου</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν ὀϊστόν</b>) Od.21.328; δ. [[ξίφος]] λαιμῶν E.''Ph.''1092; δίες [[στυπτηρία|στυπτηρίαν]] ὄξους ''PHolm.''12.45: c. dupl. acc., στέρνα δ. λόγχην E.''Ph.''1398.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[let]] [[people]] [[go through]] a [[country]], [[give]] them a [[passage]] [[through]], <b class="b3">εἰ μήτε οἱ ποταμοὶ διήσουσιν</b>… X.''An.''3.2.23, etc.; διέντες αὐτοὺς ἐφ' ὑμᾶς D.18.213, cf. ib.146: c. gen., <b class="b3">ξυμφορὰς τοῦ σοῦ διῆκας στόματος</b> you have [[let]] calamities [[pass through]] your [[mouth]], you gave [[utterance]] to calamities, S.''OC''963, cf. [[διαφέρω]] 1.1:—Pass., [[pass through]], Arist.''Mir.''835b20: Ep. pf. part. [[διαειμένος]] A.R.2.372.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dismiss]], [[disband]], [[στράτευμα]] X.''HG''2.4.39, etc.; <b class="b3">τοὺς ὀδόντας διΐημι</b> [[unclose]] the [[teeth]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]10.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[soak]], Hp.''Acut.''21; ἐλᾳδίῳ διείς Sotad.Com. 1.27, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''583a24:—Med., <b class="b3">διέμενος ὄξει</b> having [[dilute]]d it with [[vinegar]], Ar.''Pl.''720:—Pass., Alex.188.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[release]] [[prisoner]]s, ''PGoodsp.Cair.''5.2 (ii B. C.), J.''AJ''15.10.3; [[διειμένος]] = [[set free]], Plu. ''Demetr.''39.