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διαβάλλω

diaballo

throw, carry over, across

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What it meant

διαβάλλω · diaballō — LSJ

throw, carry over, across

throw or carry over or across, νέας Hdt. 5.33, 34; in wrestling, Ar. Eq. 262 codd.

2 pass over, cross

more freq. intr., pass over, cross, ἐκ . . ἐς . . Hdt. 9.114; φυγῇ πρὸς Ἄργος E. Supp. 931; πρὸς τὴν ἤπειρον Th. 2.83: c. acc. spatii, δ. πόρον A. Fr. 69 (dub.); γεφύρας E. Rh. 117; τὸν Ἰόνιον Th. 6.30; τὸ πέλαγος εἰς Μεσσαπίους Demetr.Com.Vet. 1.

3 put through

put through, τῆς θύρας δάκτυλον D.L. 1.118; τύλος διαβεβλημένος διὰ τοῦ ῥυμοῦ Arr. An. 2.3.7 ( = Aristobul. Fr. 4); κρίκων διʼ ἀλλήλων διαβεβλημένων D.Chr. 30.20; διαβληθέντων τῶν ἀγκώνων διὰ μέσων τῶν τόνων Hero Bel. 101.12, cf. 108.6.

II they threw to

in Ar. Pax 643 ἅττα διαβάλοι τις αὐτῷ, ταῦτʼ ἂν ἥδιστʼ ἤσθιεν, for παραβάλοι, whatever scraps they threw to him, with a play on signf. v.

III set at variance, set against, bring into discredit, to be at variance with, to be filled with suspicion and resentment against, to be brought into discredit, discredited

set at variance, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα Pl. Smp. 222c, 222d, cf. R. 498c; δ. τινὰς ἀλλήλοις Arist. Pol. 1313b16; set against, τινὰς πρὸς τὰ πάθη, πρὸς τὴν βρῶσιν, Plu. QConv. 2.727d, 730f; bring into discredit, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ S. Ph. 582; δ. [τινὰ] τῇ πόλει Pl. R. 566b:— Pass., to be at variance with, τινί Id. Phd. 67e; to be filled with suspicion and resentment against another, Hdt. 5.35, 6.64, Th. 8.81, 83; οὐδὲν ὑπολείπεται ὅτῳ ἄν μοι δικαίως διαβεβλῇσθε And. 2.24; πρός τινα Hdt. 8.22, Arist.

IV put off with evasions

put off with evasions, δ. τινὰ μίαν (sc. ἡμέραν) ἐκ μιᾶς Sammelb. 5343.41 (ii A. D.), cf. PFlor. 36.23 (iv A. D.).

V attack, calumniate, accuse, complain of, reproach, with

attack a manʼs character, calumniate, δ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τὸν Ἀρταφρένεα Hdt. 5.96; Πελοποννησίους ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Th. 3.109; διέβαλλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς διʼ ἐκείνους ἀπολοίατο αἱ νέες Hdt. 8.90; διαβαλὼν αὐτοὺς ὡς οὐδὲν ἀληθὲς ἐν νῷ ἔχουσι Th. 5.45; accuse, complain of, without implied malice or falsehood, PTeb. 23.4 (ii B. C.): c. dat. rei, reproach a man with . ., τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ Antipho 2.4.4; δ. τινὰ εἴς or πρός τι, Luc. Demon. 50, Macr. 14:—Pass., διεβλήθη ὡς Ev.Luc. 16.1; ἐπὶ βίῳ μὴ σώφρονι δια

2 misrepresent, speak, state slanderously, give hostile information

c. acc. rei, misrepresent, D. 18.225, 28.1, etc.: speak or state slanderously, ὡς οὗτος διέβαλλεν Id. 18.20, cf. ib. 14; τοῦτό μου διαβάλλει ib. 28: generally, give hostile information, without any insinuation of falsehood, Th. 3.4.

3 lay the blame for

δ. τι εἴς τινα lay the blame for a thing on . ., Procop. Arc. 22.19.

4 disprove

disprove a scientific or philosophical doctrine, Gal. 5.289:—Pass., Id. 5.480, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.930b.

5 declare, spurious

δ. ἔπος declare it spurious, Id. Thes. 34.

VI deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead

deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead, τινά Hdt. 3.1, 5.50, 8.110, E. Fr. 435:—Med., Hdt. 9.116, Ar. Av. 1648 (ubi v. Sch.), Th. 1214:—Pass., Hp. Nat.Puer. 30, Pl. Phdr. 255a, Plu. Vind. 2.563d.

VII divert

divert from a course of action, πρὸς τὴν κακίαν τινάς ib. Praec. 809f:—Pass., ψυχὴ -βέβληται πρὸς μάχην Arr. Epict. 2.26.3.

VIII contract an obligation

Med., contract an obligation (?), Leg.Gort. 9.26.

IX throw

διαβάλλεσθαι ἀστραγάλοις πρός τινα throw against him, Plu. Symp. 2.148d, Aet.Gr. 272f.

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