The corpus record

δια-δύνω

diaduno

slip through

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Where it lives

Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 1 · 7.73/10k
Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
Wasps 4 · 4.11/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Hellenica 3 · 0.46/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δια-δύνω · dia-dynō — LSJ

slip through, slip through, slip away

slip through a hole or gap, διαδύντες διὰ τοῦ τείχους Th. 4.110; διὰ τούτων ἡ φιλία διαδυομένη X. Mem. 2.6.22: abs., slip through, slip away, Hdt. l.c.; διαδύς Ar. V. 212; μῶν ὁ γέρων πῃ διαδύεται; ib. 396.

2 evade, shirk

c. acc., evade, shirk, τοῖς διαδυομένοις τὰς λειτουργίας Lys. 21.12, cf. D. 42.23; ὅπῃ . . διαδύσεται τὸν λόγον Pl. Sph. 231c, etc.; τὸ δίκην δοῦναι διαδύς D. 18.133.

In the wild

διέδυς · diedys Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 1.710 (DIORISIS sentence 558)
διεδύετʼ · diedyetʼ Aristophanes, Wasps 1 (DIORISIS sentence 218)
διαδὺς · diadys Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 174)
διαδῦναι · diadynai Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 268)
διαδύεται · diadyetai Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 305)
διαδυόμενος · diadyomenos Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 146)

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Where it came from

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