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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[Perseus]]. [[through]] c. gen. [[through]], by [[means]] of c. acc.<br />[[through]].<br />A. WITH GEN.:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of [[place]] or Space:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of [[motion]] in a [[line]], [[through]], [[right]] [[through]], διὰ μὲν ἀσπίδος ἦλθε [[ἔγχος]] Il.; δι' [[ἠέρος]] αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν [[quite]] [[through]] the [[lower]] air [[even]] to the [[ether]], Il.; διὰ πάντων [[ἐλθεῖν]] to go [[through]] all in [[succession]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[motion]] [[through]] a [[space]], but not in a [[line]], all [[through]], [[over]], διὰ πεδίοιο Il.; δι' ἄστεος Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of Intervals of Space, διὰ [[δέκα]] ἐπάλξεων at [[every]] 10th battlement, Thuc.; διὰ [[πέντε]] σταδίων at a [[distance]] of 5 stades, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[time]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[throughout]], [[during]], διὰ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου Hdt.; δι' ἡμέρης all day [[long]], Hdt.; διὰ παντός [[continually]], Aesch.; δι' ὀλίγου for a [[short]] [[time]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of the [[interval]] [[between]] two points of [[time]], διὰ χρόνου [[πολλοῦ]] or διὰ [[πολλοῦ]] χρ. [[after]] a [[long]] [[time]], Hdt.; διὰ χρόνου [[after]] a [[time]], Soph.; [[χρόνος]] διὰ χρόνου [[time]] [[after]] [[time]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of [[successive]] Intervals, διὰ τρίτης ἡμέρης [[every]] [[other]] day, Hdt.; δι' ἐνιαυτοῦ [[every]] [[year]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Causal, [[through]], by<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of the Agent, δι' ἀγγέλων by the [[mouth]] of messengers, Hdt.; δι' ἑρμηνέως λέγειν Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of the Instrument or Means, διὰ [[χειρῶν]] Soph.; διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν in [[hand]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the Manner or Way, [[παίω]] δι' ὀργῆς [[through]] [[passion]], in [[passion]], Soph.; διὰ σπουδῆς in [[haste]], [[hastily]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[express]] conditions or states, δι' ἡσυχίης [[εἶναι]] to be in a [[state]] of [[quiet]], to be [[tranquil]], Hdt.; διὰ πολέμου [[ἰέναι]] τινί to be at war with one, Xen.; δι' ἀπεχθείας [[ἐλθεῖν]] τινι to be [[hated]] by him, Aesch.; δι' οἴκτου ἔχειν τινά to [[feel]] [[pity]] for one, Eur., etc.<br />B. WITH ACC.:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of [[place]], in [[same]] [[sense]] as διά c. gen.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[through]], ἓξ διὰ πτύχας ἦλθε [[χαλκός]] Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[throughout]], [[over]], ὤικεον δι' ἄκριας Od.; δι' αἰθέρα Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[time]], διὰ νύκτα Il.; διὰ [[ὕπνον]] [[during]] [[sleep]], Mosch.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Causal:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of Persons, [[through]], by aid of, by [[means]] of, νικῆσαι διὰ Ἀθήνην Od.; διά σε by thy [[fault]] or [[service]], Soph.: [[through]], by [[reason]] of, αὐτὸς δι' αὑτόν for his own [[sake]], Plat.; διὰ τὴν ἐκείνου μέλλησιν Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of things, [[which]] [[express]] the Cause, Reason, or Purpose, δι' ἐμὴν ἰότητα [[because]] of my [[will]], Il.; δι' ἀχθηδόνα for the [[sake]] of vexing, Thuc.; διὰ [[τοῦτο]], διὰ [[ταῦτα]] [[therefore]]; etc.<br />C. WITHOUT CASE as adverb [[throughout]], Hom.<br />D. IN COMPOS.:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[through]], [[right]] [[through]], as in [[διαβαίνω]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[different]] directions, as in [[διαπέμπω]]:— of [[separation]], [[asunder]], as in Lat. dis-, as in [[διασκεδάννυμι]]:— at [[variance]], as in [[διαφωνέω]]; or of [[mutual]] [[relation]], one with [[another]], as in [[διαγωνίζομαι]], [[διᾴδω]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> of preeminence, as in [[διαπρέπω]], [[διαφέρω]].<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[completion]], to the end, [[utterly]], as in [[διαμάχομαι]] (cf. Lat. decertare).<br /><b class="num">V.</b> to add [[strength]], throughly, out and out, as in [[διαγαληνίζω]].<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> of [[mixture]], [[between]], [[partly]], as in [[διάλευκος]].