διατρίβειν
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also διατρίβω): delay, employ, amuse oneself, be engaged in, be occupied in, devote oneself to, employ oneself, engage in, occupy oneself, pass one's time, pass the time, pass time, pass, waste time
Lexicon Thucydideum
atterere, to wear away, waste, 8.87.2,
PASS. 8.78.1,
de tempore, concerning time
PASS. absumi, to be used up, 1.125.2,
intrans. intransitive tempus terere, morari, cunctari, to pass time, delay, hesitate, 7.42.3, 7.43.1, 7.47.3. 8.9.3.
