διϊπετής
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English (LSJ)
(better διειπετής, cf. Zenodor. ap. Sch. Od. 4.477), ές, (< πίπτω) fallen from Zeus, i.e. from heaven, Epic epithet 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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
qui tombe de Zeus, càd du ciel : ποταμός IL, OD fleuve ou torrent tombant du ciel, càd formé d’eau pluviale ; διϊπετῆ ὕδατα PLUT eaux de pluie.
Étymologie: Διός, πίπτω.
