δια-κενῆς · dia-kenēs — LSJ
in vain, idly, to no purpose
in vain, idly, to no purpose, Hp. Epid. 7.5, E. Tr. 758, Th. 4.126; δ. ἄλλως Ar. V. 929; μάτην δ. Pl.Com. 174.21.
The corpus record
δια-κενῆς
diakenes
in vain, idly, to no purpose
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Where it lives
- Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- διακενῆς · diakenēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6218)
- διακενῆς · diakenēs Epictetus, Fragments 0 (DIORISIS sentence 23)
- διακενῆς · diakenēs Epictetus, Fragments 0 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
Where it came from
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