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διαδίδωμι

diadidomi

pass on, hand over

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαδίδωμι · diadidōmi — LSJ

pass on, hand over, propound, spread abroad, to be handed down

pass on, hand over, ἐμοὶ τοῦτον διέδωκαν (sc. Μοῖσαι) ἀθάνατον πόνον Pi. Pae. 9 Fr. 16.16; λαμπάδια ἔχοντες διαδώσουσιν ἀλλήλοις Pl. l.c.; propound for consideration, Pall. in Hp.Fract. 12.277 C.; spread abroad, λόγον Plu. Them. 19:— Pass., λόγος διεδόθη v.l. in X. Cyr. 4.2.10, cf. Plu. Sol. 8; διαδοθέντος τοῦ λόγου Isoc. 5.7, cf. 9.74; παρὰ τῶν ἀρχαίων δ. to be handed down by tradition, Arist. Cael. 270b17; ἐν παροιμίᾳ διαδοθῆναι Str. 6.2.4.

2 distribute, secrete

distribute, τινί τι X. An. 1.10.18, Th. 4.38, D. 49.14:—Pass., τῇ σάλπιγγι σιωπῆς εἰς ἅπαντας διαδοθείσης Plu. Flam. 10; τὸ διαδιδόμενον εἰς τὰς φλέβας, of food, Arist. PA 678a18; of the bowels, secrete, τῆς κοιλίης ὑδατόχολα πολλὰ διαδιδούσης Hp. Coac. 67.

3 cast, around

δ. κόρας cast oneʼs eyes around, E. Ph. 1371, cj. in Or. 1267.

4 give

διαδοῦναι δίκας give satisfaction to injured party, Hsch.

II spread about

intr., spread about, Arist. HA 495b8.

2 remit

remit, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 5.

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Where it came from

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