διατρίβω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ρῑ</b>], pf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -τέτρῐφα <span class="bibl">Plb.4.57.3</span>:—Pass., aor. 2 <b class="b3">διετρίβην [ῐ</b>] (v. infr.):—[[rub hard]], χερσὶ διατρίψας <span class="bibl">Il.11.847</span>: more freq., [[wear away]], [[consume]], πάντα διατρίβουσιν Ἁχαιοί <span class="bibl">Od.2.265</span>; χρήματα <span class="bibl">Thgn. 921</span>; τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων <span class="bibl">Th.8.87</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον</b> [[to fritter away]] Providence into unreasoning causes, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Nic.</span>23</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">κάκιστα διατριβῆναι</b> [[perish]] utterly, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.120</span> (v.l. [[ἐκ-]]), cf. <span class="bibl">Th. 8.78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[spend]], of Time, θερείην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.189</span>; freq. χρόνον δ. <span class="bibl">Lys. 3.11</span>; παρά τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.24</span>, etc.; δ. τινὰς ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.49</span>; ἓξ ἔτη <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.141</span> (later c. gen., ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δ. <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.10.2</span>):— Pass., ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη <span class="bibl">Th.1.125</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs. (without [[χρόνον]]), [[waste time]], <b class="b3">οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις…;</b> [[make]] no more [[delay]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>462</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις</b> [[pass all one's time]] there, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1002</span>; ἐν ἄστει <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.14</span>; ἐν ἀγρῷ <span class="bibl">Philem.71.6</span>; [[αὐτοῦ]], [[ἔνδον]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>311a</span>; δ. μετ' ἀλλήλων [[go on talking]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>59d</span>, etc.: hence, [[busy]], [[employ oneself]], ἐν ζητήσει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>29c</span>; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173c</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>305a</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">D.2.16</span>; ἀμφί τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>2.1</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>90c</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.4</span>; πρὸς ἱππικῇ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>126c</span>; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1309a8</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς φιλοσοφίᾳ</b> (prob. l. for <b class="b3">-ίαν</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>540b</span>: c. part., δ. μελετῶσαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[lose time]], [[delay]], <span class="bibl">Il.19.150</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>515</span>, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτριβε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>472b</span>; [[διατέτρῐφα]] I <b class="b2">have let the time slip by .</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>143a</span>: c. part., <b class="b3">καθ' ἕκαστα λέγων δ</b>. [[to waste time]] in speaking, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[reside]], <span class="bibl">PHal.1.182</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span> 22.6</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[put off by delay]], [[thwart]], [[hinder]], μή τι διατρίβειν ἐμὸν χόλον <span class="bibl">Il.4.42</span>; οὔ τι διατρίβω μητρὸς γάμον <span class="bibl">Od.20.341</span>; τἄριστον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>503</span>: 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, <span class="bibl">Od. 2.204</span>: c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">μὴ δηθὰ διατρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο</b> [[let us]] not [[lose time]] on the way, ib.<span class="bibl">404</span>:—Med., μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης <span class="bibl">A.R.2.883</span>.</span>