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|Definition=aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> διῶσα Hom. (v. infr.), διέωσα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.8</span>, <b class="b3">ἐδίωσα</b> codd. in <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>24.3</span>:—<b class="b2">push asunder, tear away</b>, [<b class="b3">πτελέη] ἐκ ῥιζέων ἐριποῦσα κρημνὸν . . διῶσε</b> the elm as it fell uprooted <b class="b2">tore</b> the bank <b class="b2">away</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.244</span>; διώσας καὶ κατακτείνας ἐχθρούς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>995</span>; <b class="b2">drive apart</b>, τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰς διεξόδους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>67e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">thrust through</b>, τι διά τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.21.28.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Med. (fut. διώσομαι <span class="bibl">Democr.191</span>), <b class="b2">force one's way through, break through</b>, τὰ γέρρα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.102</span>; τὸν ὄχλον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.39</span>; τὰς τάξεις <span class="bibl">Plb.11.1.12</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὴν ὕλην</b>, of roots, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.11.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν θάλατταν</b>, of a river, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">push from oneself, push away</b>, <b class="b3">τοῖς κόντοις διεωθοῦντο</b>, of sailors, <span class="bibl">Th.2.84</span>; ἡ γαστὴρ δ. τὸ περιττὸν εἰς τὴν νῆστιν Gal. 5.567; <b class="b2">repulse</b>, στρατὸν ἰθυμαχίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.102</span>; οἷς [πέτροις] . . διώσει στρατόν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>199.9</span> (Dobr.); κῆρας Democr. l. c.; τὰς τύχας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span> 315</span>; <b class="b3">ψευδῆ λόγον καὶ συκοφαντίαν</b> <b class="b2">repel</b> it, <span class="bibl">D.21.124</span>; τὴν ἐπιβουλήν <span class="bibl">Id.58.65</span>: abs., <b class="b2">get rid of danger</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.88</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">reject</b>, τὴν εὔνοιαν <span class="bibl">Id.7.104</span>; ὃ μὴ προσίενται <span class="bibl">Th.4.108</span>; τὴν ἐπικουρίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1163b25</span>; of bribes, <span class="bibl">D.19.139</span>: abs., <b class="b2">refuse</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.86</span>.<b class="b3">β</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>52</span>: so pf. Pass. <b class="b3">διῶσμαι</b> cj. for <b class="b3">δίωμαι</b> in this sense, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1311</span>.</span>