δίειμι
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
serving as fut. to διέρχομαι, impf. διῄειν: fut.
A διείσομαι Nic. Th.494, 837, cf. Hsch.:—go to and fro, roam about, Ar.Ach.845; of a report, spread, λόγος διῄει Plu.Ant.56. 2 pass through. δι' αὐτῶν μέσων Th.3.21; get through, escape, διὰ τῶν πόρων Arist.Cael. 307b13; ἔξω Thphr.CP5.9.12: abs., Arist.Ph.204a4. 3 pass, ἡμέρα χειμέριος δίεισιν Thphr.Sign.46; proceed, of a play, Ar.Ra.920. II c. acc., go through, traverse, Id.Av.1392: c. acc. cogn., δ. τὸν θεῖον δρόμον Pl.Ax.370e. b go through a subject in speaking or writing, narrate, describe, discuss, Id.Cri.47c; δ. τῷ λόγῳ Id.Grg.505e, cf. Nic. Il. cc., Luc.Icar.3.
