δια-κρούω (diakrouo)

Where it lives

Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

δια-κρούω · dia-krouō — LSJ

knock, drive through, knock off

knock or drive through, ὅταν οἱ σφῆνες διακρουσθῶσιν Thphr. CP 2.15.4; knock off, δεσμά Paus. 4.17.1.

2 prove by knocking, ringing

prove by knocking or ringing, as one does an earthen vessel, δ. εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φθέγγεται Pl. Tht. 179d, cf. Luc. Par. 4:—perh. in a similar sense in IG 7.3073.164 (Lebad.).

II drive from oneself, get rid of, evade, evade, by delays, evade, slur over, evade, practise evasions and delays, escape from

Med., drive from oneself, get rid of, τοὺς Ἕλληνας Hdt. 7.168; πρόσοδον [πρέσβεων] D.H. 3.3; μακρὰς στρατηγίας Plu. Nic. 6; evade, διακρούεσθαι τὸ δίκην δοῦναι D. 21.128; διακρούεται τὰ χρήματα ἐκτῖσαι POxy. 71 i 13 (iv A.D.); δ. τινά evade his creditor by delays, of a debtor, D. 34.13; δ. τοὺς λοιδοροῦντας Plu. Adul. 2.70d; δ. τοὺς κυρίους μὴ καταθεῖναι D. 38.12; so δ. τὸν παρόντα χρόνον Id. 19.33; evade, slur over a difficult question, ψιλῇ παρατηρήσει A.D. Pron. 41.8; evade an argument, Sor.

III hinder, entangle

hinder, entangle, ἑαυτὸν διακρούειν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι Plu. Profect. 2.80d.

IV break away, escape

intr., break away, escape, Numen. ap. Eus. PE 11.18.

V put aside for oneself, conceal, embezzle

Med., put aside for oneself, conceal, embezzle, χόρτον PSI 4.354.7 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

διακρούου · diakrouou Epictetus, Enchiridion 33 (DIORISIS sentence 259)
διεκρούσαντο · diekrousanto Herodotus, Histories 7.169.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8044)
διακρούοντα · diakrouonta Plato, Theaetetus 179

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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