ἐνδιατρίβω

English (LSJ)

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   A -τέτρῐφα Arist.Mete.357a4:—spend or consume in doing, Χρόνον Ar.Ra.714, Th.2.18, 85.    II abs. (sc. Χρόνον or βίον), spend time in a place, αὐτόθι D.33.5; τῇ Χώρᾳ Plb.3.88.1, etc.; ἐν τόπῳ D.S. 5.44; ἀνθρωπίσκοις among them, Luc.Alex.33.    2 waste time by staying in a place, linger there, Th.5.12, 7.81, etc.    3 continue in the practice of a thing, τοῖς ἠθάσι . . τοῖς ἀρχαίοις Ar.Ec.585, cf. Pl. Grg.484c, R.487d; ἐᾶν ἐνδιατρίβειν τὴν ὄψιν ἔν τινι let one's eyes linger on it, X.Cyr.5.1.16; ἐ. λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις linger fondly on them, Luc.Nigr.7; τῇ περὶ τοὺς βίους ἀναγραφῇ Plu.Per.2; κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν Epicur.Fr.217; περὶ μουσικήν Ath.14.623e; ἐ. ὅθεν ἡσυχιεῖ Epicur. Nat.27 G.; esp. dwell upon a point (in speaking), Aeschin.3.201, cf. Arist.Pol.1258b35, Jul.Or.1.45b; περί τινος Arist.Metaph.989b27; τῷ Χρησίμῳ Hermog.Prog.7, etc.