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διάγω

diago

carry over

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Where it lives

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What it meant

διάγω · diagō — LSJ

carry over, across

carry over or across, πορθμῆες δʼ ἄρα τούς γε διήγαγον Od. 20.187, cf. Th. 4.78; δ. ἐπὶ σχεδίας ἄρτους X. Cyr. 2.4.28.

b cross over

intr., cross over, Id. An. 7.2.12.

2 draw through

draw through, τὴν προβοσκίδα Plu. Sollert. 2.968d.

3 draw through, across, produce

Geom., draw through or across, produce a line, Euc. 1.21, al.

4 draw apart

draw apart, τὰ ὄμματα IG 4.951.121 (Epid.).

II pass, spend, celebrate

of Time, pass, spend, αἰῶνα h.Hom. 20.7; βίοτον, βίον, A. Pers. 711, S. OC 1619, Ar. Nu. 464; δ. τὸν βίον μαχόμενος Pl. R. 579d; ἡσύχιον βίον δ. ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ 1 Ep.Tim. 2.2; γῆρας, νύκτα, X. Cyr. 4.6.6, An. 6.5.1; χρόνον Plu. Tim. 10 (but χρόνος διῆγέ με, = χρόνον διῆγον, S. El. 782); δ. ἑορτήν celebrate it, Ath. 8.363f: hence,

2 pass life, live, tarry

intr., without βίον, pass life, live, Democr. 191, D. 18.254, 25.82; = διαιτῶμαι, διατρίβω, Thom.Mag. pp. 90,98 R.; δ. ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Pl. Tht. 174b; tarry, ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ Id. Euthphr. 3e; ἐν προαστείῳ Hdn. 1.12.5:—Med., διαγόμενος Pl. R. 344e, etc.; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβῶς δ. Michel 352.15 (Iasus).

b delay, spin out, protract

delay, Th. 1.90, D.C. 57.3: c. acc., spin out, protract, τοὺς λόγους Philostr. VA 1.17.

c divert, fob off

c. acc. pers., divert, fob off, ἐλπίδας λέγων διῆγε [τοὺς στρατιώτας] X. An. 1.2.11, cf. D. Prooem. 53, Luc. Phal. 1.3.

d continue, continue doing

continue, δ. σιωπῇ X. Cyr. 1.4.14: freq. c. part., continue doing so and so, δ. λιπαρέοντας Hdt. 1.94; δ. μανθάνων, ἐπιμελόμενος, X. Cyr. 1.2.6, 7.5.85.

e conduct oneself

with Advbs., ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα δ. Th. 7.71; ἄριστα X. Mem. 4.4.15; εὖ Arist. HA 625b23; ἀκινδύνως Id. Pol. 1295b33; also εὐσεβῆ δ. τρόπον περί τινα conduct oneself piously, Ar. Ra. 457.

III cause to continue, keep

cause to continue, keep in a certain state, πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιον δ. A. Eu. 995 (lyr.); πόλεις ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ Isoc. 3.41; ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ βίον . . διῆγεν ὑμᾶς D. 18.89; τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ δ. D.C. 40.30.

IV entertain, feed

entertain, feed, τραγήμασι καὶ λαχάνοις τὸν στρατόν Philostr. Her. 10.4:—Pass., [λέων] μελιτούτταις διήγετο Id. VA 5.42.

V manage

manage, κάλλιστα πάντα δ. Pl. Plt. 273c; πανηγυρικώτερον δ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχήν Plb. 5.34.3.

VI separate, force apart

separate, force apart, τὰ σκέλεα Hp. Steril. 230, LXX Ez. 16.25; τοὺς ὀδόντας Aret. SA 1.6.

2 divert, divert

divert, τινὰ ἀπό τινος Philostr. Her.Prooem. 3; simply, divert, τὰς βασιλείους φροντίδας Id. VS 1.8.2.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄγω (scan pp. 65-66; entry #126).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄγω (scan p. 31; entry #102).

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