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|Definition=[ρῑ], pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> -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 Ἁχαιοί Od.2.265; χρήματα Thgn. 921; τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων Th.8.87; <b class="b3">εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον</b> to [[fritter away]] Providence into unreasoning causes, Plu.''Nic.''23:—Pass., <b class="b3">κάκιστα διατριβῆναι</b> [[perish]] [[utterly]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.120 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ἐκ-), cf. Th. 8.78.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[spend]], of [[time]], θερείην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.189; freq. χρόνον δ. Lys. 3.11; παρά τινι [[Herodotus|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs. (without [[χρόνον]]), [[waste time]], <b class="b3">οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις…</b>; [[make]] no more [[delay]], Ar.''Ra.''462; <b class="b3">δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις</b> [[pass all one's time]] there, Id.''Nu.''1002; ἐν ἄστει Antipho 1.14; ἐν ἀγρῷ Philem.71.6; αὐτοῦ, [[ἔνδον]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 311a; δ. μετ' 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 [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 90c, Isoc.1.4; πρὸς ἱππικῇ Pl.''Prm.''126c; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις Arist.''Pol.''1309a8; <b class="b3">πρὸς φιλοσοφίᾳ</b> (prob. l. for -ίαν) [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 540b: c. part., δ. μελετῶσαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.12.<br><span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[lose time]], [[delay]], Il.19.150, Hp.''VC''19, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''515, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτριβε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 472b; διατέτρῐφα I have let the time slip by.., Id.''Tht.''143a: c. part., <b class="b3">καθ' ἕκαστα λέγων δ.</b> to [[waste time]] in speaking, Isoc.3.35, cf. D.1.9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[reside]], PHal.1.182 (iii B.C.), ''PStrassb.'' 22.6 (ii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[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, <b class="b3">ὄφρα κεν ἥ γε διατρίβῃσιν Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον</b> [[put]] them [[off]] in the matter of her wedding, Od. 2.204: c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">μὴ δηθὰ διατρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο</b> [[let us]] not [[lose time]] on the way, ib.404:—Med., μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης A.R.2.883.