διαχέω (diacheo)

Where it lives

Leviticus 14 · 7.48/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Timaeus 4 · 1.69/10k
Philebus 2 · 1.13/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαχέω · diacheō — LSJ

pour different ways, scatter

pour different ways, scatter, τὸν χοῦν Hdt. 2.150.

b cut up

in Hom., cut up a victim into joints, αῖψʼ ἄρα μιν διέχευαν Od. 3.456, cf. Il. 7.316, al.; χαλκὸς ἔγκατα διέχευεν Theoc. 22.203.

2 disperse, melt, fuse, liquefy, disperse, to destroy, dissolve

disperse, τὰ συγκεκριμένα Pl. Phlb. 46e; ἡ θερμότης δ. τὸ ὑγρόν Arist. Pr. 869a15; melt, fuse, χαλκόν Paus. 9.41.1; liquefy, opp. πηγνύναι, Pl. Ti. 46d; νῆα . . διέχευαν ἄελλαι A.R. 3.320; δ. ἀποστήματα disperse abscesses, Thphr. Od. 59(61); δ. ἴχνη to destroy the scent, X. Cyn. 5.3:—Pass., ib. 8.1:—also Med., dissolve, Nic. Al. 373.

3 confound

metaph., confound, τὰ βεβουλευμένα Hdt. 8.57.

4 put in a good humour

put in a good humour, τινὰ ὁμιλίαις καὶ λόγοις Plu. Adul. 2.74d, cf. Philostr. VS 2.10.1, Hermog. Id. 2.9.

II to be poured from one vessel into another

more freq. in Pass., to be poured from one vessel into another, Hdt. 6.119.

2 run through, spread

run through, spread, Th. 2.75, 76, Arist. Fr. 243.

3 to be dissolved, liquefied, disperse

to be dissolved, liquefied, X. Cyn. 8.1, Arist. Pr. 890b17, etc.; of a corpse, Hdt. 3.16; disperse, of soldiers, X. HG 7.4.34; of humours, Hp. Epid. 4.45.

4 to be, become diffused, relaxed

metaph., to be or become diffused or relaxed, εὐφραινόμενον -χεῖται, opp. λυπούμενον συσπειρᾶται, Pl. Smp. 206d; ὑπὸ μέθης διακεχυμένος Id. Lg. 775c, cf. Plb. 8.27.4; [αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι] οὐ διαχέονται Epicur. Sent. 30; μαλακὸν καὶ διακεχυμένον βλέπειν Arist. Phgn. 813a26; φαιδρὸν καὶ δ. πρόσωπον Plu. Alex. 19; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ παθητικὸν διακεχυμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Zeno ap. eund. Adul. 2.82f, cf. Tryph. Trop. p.205S.

In the wild

διαχέονται · diacheontai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9361)
διακεχυμένος · diakechymenos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3083)
διακεχυμένος · diakechymenos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3253)
διαχεῖται · diacheitai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5655)
διαχυθείς · diachytheis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.5 (DIORISIS sentence 6657)
διαχεόμεθα · diacheometha Epictetus, Discourses 4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 6431)

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Where it came from

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