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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wearing away]], especially of [[time]], [[way]] or [[manner]] of [[spend]]ing, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς… ἐφηῦρε… πεσσοὺς κύβους τε [[pastime]]s, S. ''Fr.''479.2: hence, abs.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[pastime]], [[amusement]], Ar.''Pl.''923, Alex. 219.4, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ τινὶ καὶ δ. D.21.71; γέλωτα καὶ διατριβήν παρέχειν τινί Aeschin.1.175, cf. Plu.''Tim.''11; τοῦ συμποσίου δ. Alex.185; παρέσχε τοῖς κωμικοῖς διατριβήν = [[materiem jocandi]], Plu.''Per.''4, cf. Jul.''Or.''2.52b; [[place of amusement]], Men.481.10, Bato 2.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[serious]] [[occupation]], [[study]], etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]'' 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Lys.16.11, cf. Is.11.37; πρός τι Aeschin.2.38; ἐπί τινι Ar.''Ra.''1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις Pl.''Ly.'' 204a.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[discourse]], τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους Id.''Ap.''37d, cf. ''Grg.'' 484e, Isoc.12.19, etc.; αἱ πολιτικαὶ διατριβαί D.H.10.15.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[diatribe]], [[short]] [[ethical]] [[treatise]] or [[lecture]], δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ [[ἔκτασις]] Hermog. ''Meth.''5, cf. Suid.: title of works by Zeno, Cleanthes, etc.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[school]] of [[philosophy]], Ath.5.211d, al., Luc.''Alex.''5; Μωυσοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Gal. 8.579; Ἐπικούρου δ. Numen. ap. Eus.''PE''14.5; also, a [[place of teaching]], [[school]], ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. Epicur.''Fr.''217, cf. Phld.''Acad.Ind.''p.39 M., Luc.''Nigr.''25, Ath.8.350b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[way of life]], [[passing of time]], δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ Ar.''Nu.''1055; δ. νέων ἐν δικαστηρίοις And.4.32; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ διατριβή</b> [[stay]] in [[Sicily]], Pl.''Ep.''337e; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν διατριβήν, ἐν τῇ γῇ = [[live]] in [[water]] / [[live]] on [[land]] Arist. ''HA''487a20, ''Resp.''474b26; διατριβὰς μετ' ἀλλήλων [[διατρίβειν]] = [[meeting]]s that took place [[between]] them Aeschin. 1.147.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[place of resort]], [[haunt]], τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. Pl.''Euthphr.''2a; ᾖα ἐπὶ τὰς συνήθεις δ. Id.''Chrm.''153a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in bad sense, [[waste of time]], [[loss of time]], [[delay]], with or without [[χρόνου]], E.''Ph.''751, etc.; διατριβὴν ποιεῖσθαι Isoc.4.164: pl., διατριβαὶ δὲ καὶ μελλήσεις Th.5.82; χρόνου διατριβὴν [[ἐμποιεῖν]], [[παρέχειν]], Id.3.38, X.''Oec.''8.13, etc.; [[ἐμβαλεῖν]] Plu.''Nic.''20; <b class="b3">διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν</b> [[prolong]] a [[carouse]], Alex.226.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Rhet., [[occasion for dwelling on a subject]], Arist.''Rh.''1418a27 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[continuance]], [[permanence]], Id.''Mete.''374a12.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[sensu obsceno|sens. obsc.]], = [[συνουσία]], Procop. ''Arc.''2.