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|Definition=poet. διαί (Aeol. ζά, [[quod vide|q.v.]]), Prep. governing gen. and acc.— Rad. sense, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">through;</b> never anastroph. [Prop. δῐᾰ: but Hom. uses ῑ at the beginning of a line, <span class="bibl">Il.3.357</span>, <span class="bibl">4.135</span>, al.: also ᾱ, metri gr., freq. in Hom., for which A. uses διαί in lyr., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>448</span>, al.] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> WITH GEN. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]] or Space: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of motion [[in a line]], from one end to the other, [[right through]], in Hom. freq. of the effect of weapons, διὰ μὲν ἀσπίδος ἦλθε… ἔγχος καὶ διὰ θώρηκος… <span class="bibl">Il. 3.357</span>; δουρὶ βάλεν Δάμασον κυνέης διά <span class="bibl">12.183</span>; δι' ὤμου… ἔγχος ἦλθεν <span class="bibl">4.481</span>; in Prose, τιτρώσκειν διὰ τοῦ θώρακος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.26</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τοῦ ὀρόφου ἐφαίνετο πῦρ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.4.16</span>: also of persons, <b class="b3">διὰ Σκαιῶν πεδίονδ' ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους</b> [[out through]] the Scaean gate, <span class="bibl">Il.3.263</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἠέρος αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν</b> [[quite through]] the lower air even to the ether, <span class="bibl">Il.14.288</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.458</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ Τρώων πέτετο</b> [[straight through]] them, <span class="bibl">13.755</span>; δι' ὄμματος… λείβων δάκρυον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1250</span>, etc.: also in Compos. with [[πρό]] and [[ἐκ]], v. [[διαπρό]], [[διέκ]]: in adverbial phrases, <b class="b3">διὰ πασῶν</b> (sc. [[χορδῶν]]), v. [[διαπασῶν]]: διὰ πάσης [[throughout]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.14</span>; διὰ κενῆς [[idly]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.126</span>, etc. (cf.<span class="bibl">111.1</span>.c). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of motion [[through]] a space, but [[not in a line]], [[throughout]], [[over]], ἑπόμεσθα διὰ πεδίοιο <span class="bibl">Il.11.754</span>; δι' ὄρεσφι <span class="bibl">10.185</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὀδύνη διὰ χροὸς ἦλθε</b> [[through all]] his frame, <span class="bibl">11.398</span>; τεῦχε βοὴν διὰ ἄστεος <span class="bibl">Od.10.118</span>; δι' ὁμίλου <span class="bibl">Il.6.226</span>, etc.; θορύβου διὰ τῶν τάξεων ἰόντος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.4.26</span>, etc.; later, in quoting an authority, ἱστορεῖ δ. τῆς δευτέρας <b class="b2">in the course of .</b>., <span class="bibl">Ath.10.438b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[in the midst of]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.468</span>; κεῖτο τανυσσάμενος δ. μήλων <span class="bibl">Od.9.298</span>; [[between]], δ. τῶν πλευρέων ταμόντα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.61</span>: hence, of [[pre-eminence]], ἔπρεπε καὶ δ. πάντων <span class="bibl">Il.12.104</span>; τετίμακε δι' ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).37</span>; εὐδοκιμέοντι δ. πάντων <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Prose, sometimes of extension, [[along]], παρήκει δ. τῆσδε τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀκτή <span class="bibl">Id.4.39</span> (but <b class="b3">πέταται δ. θαλάσσας</b> [[across]] the sea, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.48</span>); λόφος, δι' οὗ τὸ σταύρωμα περιεβέβληντο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in Prose, of Intervals of Space, <b class="b3">δ. τριήκοντα δόμων</b> [[at intervals of]] thirty layers, i. e. [[after every]] thirtieth layer, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.179</span>; <b class="b3">δ. δέκα ἐπάλξεων</b> [[at every]] tenth battlement, <span class="bibl">Th.3.21</span>; cf. infr. <span class="bibl">11.3</span>: of a single interval, <b class="b3">δ. πέντε σταδίων</b> [[at a distance of]] five stades, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">198</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τοσούτου μᾶλλον ἢ δ. πολλῶν ἡμερῶν ὁδοῦ</b> [[at]] so short [[a distance]], etc., <span class="bibl">Th.2.29</span>; <b class="b3">δ. πολλοῦ</b> [[at]] a great [[distance apart]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.94</span>; δ. πλείστου <span class="bibl">Id.2.97</span>; δι' ἐλάσσονος <span class="bibl">Id.3.51</span>; ὕδατα δ. μακροῦ ἀλόμενα Hp.Aër.9, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of [[duration]] from one end of a period to the other, [[throughout]], <b class="b3">δ. παντὸς [τοῦ χρόνου</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.13</span>; δι' ὅλου τοῦ αἰῶνος <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>; δι' αἰῶνος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1024</span>; δι' ἡμέρας ὅλης <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 27</span>; δι' ὅλης τῆς νυκτός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.4</span>, etc.: without an Adj., <b class="b3">δι' ἡμέρης</b> [[all]] day [[long]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.97</span>; δ. νυκτός <span class="bibl">Th.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.22</span> (but <b class="b3">δ. νυκτός</b> [[in the course of]] the night, [[by]] night, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>5.19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>138.15</span> (i A. D.), etc.); δ. νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343b</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἐνιαυτοῦ, δι' ἔτους</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1058</span>; δ. βίου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183e</span>, etc.; δ. τέλους [[from beginning to end]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>275</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>519c</span>, etc.: with Adjs. alone, δ. παντός [[continually]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>862</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">δι' ὀλίγου</b> [[for]] a short time, <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>; δ. μακροῦ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>320</span>; ὁ δ. μέσου χρόνος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the interval which has passed [[between]] two points of [[time]], <b class="b3">δ. χρόνου πολλοῦ</b> or <b class="b3">δ. πολλοῦ χρ</b>. [[after]] a long time, <span class="bibl">Id.3.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1045</span>; δ. μακρῶν χρόνων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>22d</span>: without an Adj., <b class="b3">δ. χρόνου</b> [[after]] a time, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>758</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.28</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δι' ἡμερῶν</b> [[after]] several days, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>2.1</span>; and with Adjs. alone, δι' ὀλίγου <span class="bibl">Th.5.14</span>; οὐ δ. μακροῦ <span class="bibl">Id.6.15</span>,<span class="bibl">91</span>; δ. πολλοῦ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>2</span>, etc.: with Numerals, δι' ἐτέων εἴκοσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.118</span>, cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>56.38 (iii B. C.), etc.: but <b class="b3">δ. τῆς ἑβδόμης</b> [[till]] the seventh day, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>21</span>: also distributively, <b class="b3">χρόνος δ. χρόνου προὔβαινε</b> time [[after]] time, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>285</span>; ἄλλος δι' ἄλλου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1248</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of successive Intervals, <b class="b3">δ. τρίτης ἡμέρης</b> every other day, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.37</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τρίτου ἔτεος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. πεντετηρίδος</b> every four years (with inclusive reckoning), <span class="bibl">Id.3.97</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἔτους πέμπτου</b>, of the Olympic games, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>584</span> (but <b class="b3">δι' ἑνδεκάτου ἔτεος</b> [[in the course of]] the eleventh year, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> causal, [[through]], [[by]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> of the Agent, <b class="b3">δι' ἀλλέλων</b> or <b class="b3">-ου ἐπικηρυκεύεσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι</b>, <b class="b2">by the mouth of .</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.1.69</span>,<span class="bibl">6.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.113</span>; δι' ἑρμηνέως λέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.17</span>, etc.; τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Κυρίου δ. τοῦ προφήτου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>1.22</span>; δι' ἑκόντων ἀλλ' οὐ δ. βίας ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>58b</span>; <b class="b3">πεσόντ' ἀλλοτρίας διαὶ γυναικός</b> [[by]] her [[doing]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>448</span> (lyr.); ἐκ θεῶν γεγονὼς δ. βασιλέων πεφυκώς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.24</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἑαυτοῦ ποιεῖν τι</b> <b class="b2">of oneself, not by another's agency</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1.1.4</span>, etc.; but also, [[by oneself alone]], [[unassisted]], <span class="bibl">D.15.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">22.38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of the Instrument or Means, <b class="b3">δ. χειρῶν</b> [[by]] hand (prop. [[by holding between]] the hands), δι' ὁσίων χ. θιγών <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>470</span>; also <b class="b3">δ. χερῶν λαβεῖν, δ. χειρὸς ἔχειν</b> [[in]] the hand, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 916</span>, <span class="bibl">1258</span> (but <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων δ. χειρὸς ἔχειν</b> to keep a [[firm]] hand on, <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>); δ. στέρνων ἔχειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>639</span>; ἡ ἀκούουσα πηγὴ δι' ὤτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1387</span>; δ. στόματος ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.25</span>; δ. μνήμης ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>9</span>; αἱ δ. τοῦ σώματος ἡδοναί <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.5.6</span>; <b class="b3">δ. λόγων συγγίγνεσθαι</b> to hold intercourse [[by]] word, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>272b</span>; δ. λόγου ἀπαγγέλλειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>15.27</span>; δι' ἐπιστολῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>10.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1070.15</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> of Manner (where [[διά]] with its Noun freq. serves as an Adv.), δ. μέθης ποιήσασθαι τὴν συνουσίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>176e</span>; <b class="b3">παίω δι' ὀργῆς</b> [[through]] passion, [[in]] passion, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>807</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τάχους</b>, = [[ταχέως]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>822</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.63</span> (but <b class="b3">δ. ταχέων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">80</span>, al.); <b class="b3">δ. σπουδῆς</b> [[in]] haste, hastily, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>212</span>; <b class="b3">δι' αἰδοῦς</b> [[with]] reverence, respectfully, ib.<span class="bibl">441</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ψευδῶν ἔπη</b> lying words, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>309</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ δ. καρτερίας ἐπιμέλειαι</b> [[long-continued]] exertions, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.20</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἀκριβείας, δ. πάσης ἀκρ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>23d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>876c</span>; δ. σιγῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>450c</span>; δ. ξυμφορῶν ἡ ξύμβασις ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Th.6.10</span>; οὐ δι' αἰνιγμάτων, ἀλλ' ἐναργῶς γέγραπται <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.121</span>; δι' αἵματος, οὐ δ. μέλανος τοὺς νόμους ὁ Δράκων ἔγραψεν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>17</span>: also with Adjs., <b class="b3">δ. βραχέων, δ. μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποκρίνεσθαι δ. βραχυτάτων</b> ibid. d; cf. infr. IV. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in later Prose, of Material [[out of]] which a thing is made, κατασκευάζειν εἴδωλα δι' ἐλέφαντος καὶ χρυσοῦ <span class="bibl">D.S.17.115</span>; θυσίαι δι' ἀλφίτου καὶ σπονδῆς πεποιημέναι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>8</span>; βρώματα δ. μέλιτος καὶ γάλακτος γιγνόμενα <span class="bibl">Ath.14.646e</span>; οἶνος δ. βουνίου Dsc. 5.46. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">διά τινος ἔχειν, εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι</b>, to express conditions or states, <b class="b3">ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων</b> extending [[through]] every kind of contest, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.91</span>; δι' ἡσυχίης εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.1.206</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ὄχλου εἶναι</b> to be trouble[[some]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>888</span>; δ. φόβου εἶναι <span class="bibl">Th.6.59</span>; δι' ἀπεχθείας γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>9.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπιμέλεια δ. χάριτος γίγνεται</b> ibid.; δ. μιᾶς γνώμης γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.138</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> with Verbs of motion, <b class="b3">δ. μάχης ἐλεύσονται</b> will engage [[in]] battle, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.9</span>; ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.4.92</span>; <b class="b3">δ. παντὸς πολέμου, δ. φιλίας ἰέναι τινί</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.8</span>; <b class="b3">δ. δίκης ἰέναι τινί</b> go [[to]] law with... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>742</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.6.60</span>; δ. τύχης ἰέναι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>773</span>; δι' ὀργῆς ἥκειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>905</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμαυτῷ δ. λόγων ἀφικόμην</b> I held converse with myself, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>872</span>; <b class="b3">δ. λόγων, δ. γλώσσης ἰέναι</b> come [[to]] open speech, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>916</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>112</span>; <b class="b3">δ. φιλημάτων ἰέναι</b> come [[to]] kissing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 416</span>; δ. δικαιοσύνης ἰέναι καὶ σωφροσύνης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>323a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. πυρὸς ἰέναι</b> (v. [[πῦρ]]): in pass. sense, <b class="b3">δι' ἀπεχθείας ἐλθεῖν τινι</b> to be [[hated]] by... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>121</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> with trans. Verbs, <b class="b3">δι' αἰτίας ἔχειν</b> or <b class="b3">ἄγειν τινά</b> hold [[in]] fault, <span class="bibl">Th.2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>9.32</span>; δι' ὀργῆς ἔχειν τινά <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>, etc.; δ. φυλακῆς ἔχειν τι <span class="bibl">Id.7.8</span>; <b class="b3">δι' οἴκτου ἔχειν τινά, δι' αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>851</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>683</span>; δ. πένθους τὸ γῆρας διάγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.6.6</span>; δι' οὐδενὸς ποιεῖσθαί τι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>584</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> WITH Acc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], only Poet., in same sense as [[διά]] c. gen.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[through]], ἓξ δὲ δ. πτύχας ἦλθε… χαλκός <span class="bibl">Il.7.247</span>; ἤϊξε δ. δρυμὰ… καὶ ὕλην <span class="bibl">11.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.122</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. τάφρον ἐλαύνειν</b> [[across]] it, <span class="bibl">12.62</span>; δ. δώματα ποιπνύοντα <span class="bibl">1.600</span>; ἐπὶ χθόνα καὶ δ. πόντον βέβακεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).41</span>; φεύγειν δ. κῦμ' ἅλιον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>14</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[through]], [[among]], [[in]], οἴκεον δι' ἄκριας <span class="bibl">Od.9.400</span>; ἄραβος δὲ δ. στόμα γίγνετ' ὀδόντων <span class="bibl">Il.10.375</span> (but <b class="b3">μῦθον, ὃν… δ. στόμα… ἄγοιτο</b> [[through]] his mouth, <span class="bibl">14.91</span>; so δ. στόμα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>65</span>; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ γυνή σ' ἔχει δ. στόμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>855</span>); δ. κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>631</span>; νόμοι δι' αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>867</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], also Poet., δ. νύκτα <span class="bibl">Il.2.57</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. γλυκὺν ὕπνον</b> [[during]] sweet sleep, <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> causal: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[thanks to]], [[by aid of]], νικῆσαι δ… Ἀθήνην <span class="bibl">Od.8.520</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.121</span>; δ. δμῳὰς… εἷλον <span class="bibl">19.154</span>; <b class="b3">δ. σε</b> [[by]] thy [[fault]] or [[service]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1129</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>145</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">160</span>,<span class="bibl">170</span>: in Prose, [[by reason of]], [[on account of]], δ' ἡμᾶς <span class="bibl">Th.1.41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.33</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.249</span>; οὐ δι' ἐμαυτόν <span class="bibl">And.1.144</span>; so <b class="b3">εἰ μὴ διά τινα</b> if it had not been <b class="b2">for .</b>., εἰ μὴ δι' ἄνδρας ἀγαθούς <span class="bibl">Lys.12.60</span>; Μιλτιάδην εἰς τὸ βάραθρον ἐμβαλεῖν ἐψηφίσαντο, καὶ εἰ μὴ δ. τὸν πρύτανιν ἐνέπεσεν ἄν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>516e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.19.74</span>; εἰ μὴ δ. τὴν ἐκείνου μέλλησιν <span class="bibl">Th.2.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>558</span>; πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν γενέσθαι δι' Ὅμηρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of things, to express the Cause, Occasion, or Purpose, <b class="b3">δι' ἐμὴν ἰότητα</b> [[because of]] my will, <span class="bibl">Il.15.41</span>; Διὸς μεγάλου δ. βουλάς <span class="bibl">Od.8.82</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἀφραδίας</b> [[for]], [[through]] want of thought, <span class="bibl">19.523</span>; δι' ἀτασθαλίας <span class="bibl">23.67</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἔνδειαν</b> [[by reason of]] poverty, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>7.8.6</span>; <b class="b3">δ. καῦμα, δ. χειμῶνα</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1.7.6</span>; δι' ἄγνοιαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Prt.</span>360b</span>, etc.: freq. also with neut. Adjs., <b class="b3">δ. τί;</b> <b class="b2">wherefore?;</b> <b class="b3">δ. τοῦτο, δ. ταῦτα</b> [[on]] this <b class="b2">account;</b> <b class="b3">δι' ὅ, δι' ἅ</b> [[on]] which <b class="b2">account;</b> <b class="b3">δ. πολλά</b> [[for]] many [[reasons]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ἕνεκα]], to express Purpose, <b class="b3">δἰ ἀχθηδόνα</b> [[for the sake of]] vexing, <span class="bibl">Th.4.40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.53</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὴν τούτου σαφήνειαν</b> [[with a view to]] clearing this up, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>524c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1172b21</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτή δι' αὑτήν</b> [[for]] its own [[sake]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>367b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> WITHOUT CASE as adverb [[throughout]], <b class="b3">δ. πρό</b> (v. supr. A.I.I); δ. δ' ἀμπερές <span class="bibl">Il.11.377</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span> IN COMPOS.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[through]], [[right through]], of Space, [[διαβαίνω]], [[διέχω]], [[διιππεύω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[in different directions]], as in <b class="b3">διαπέμπω, διαφορέω;</b> of separation, [[asunder]], <b class="b3">διαιρέω, διαλύω;</b> of difference or disagreement, [[at variance]], <b class="b3">διαφωνέω, διαφέρω;</b> or simply mutual relation, [[one with another]], <b class="b3">διαγωνίζομαι, διάδω, διαθέω, διαπίνω, διαφιλοτιμέομαι</b>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> pre-eminence, [[διαπρέπω]], [[διαφέρω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> completion, [[to the end]], [[utterly]], <b class="b3">διεργάζομαι, διαμάχομαι, διαπράττω, διαφθείρω</b>: of [[time]], [[διαβιόω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> to add strength, [[thoroughly]], [[out and out]], [[διαγαληνίζω]], etc.; cf. [[ζά]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> of mixture, [[between]], [[partly]], especially in Adj., as [[διάλευκος]], [[διάχρυσος]], [[διάχλωρος]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> of leaving an [[interval]] or [[breach]], [[διαλείπω]], [[διαναπαύω]]. (Cogn. with [[δύο]], [[δίς]].) </span>