διατρίβω

English (LSJ)

[ρῑ], pf.

   A -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; 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.HG6.5.49; 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 one's time there, Id.Nu.1002; ἐν ἄστει Antipho 1.14; ἐν ἀγρῷ Philem.71.6; αὐτοῦ, ἔνδον, Pl.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 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.VC19, Ar.Eq.515, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτριβε Pl.R.472b; διατέτρῐφα I have let the time slip by .., Id.Tht.143a: c. part., καθ' 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.