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διαμάω

diamao

to cut through

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Where it lives

Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

διᾰμάω · diamaō — LSJ

to cut through

to cut through, χιτῶνα Il. 3.359; λευκὴν παρηΐδα E. El. 1023; διὰ λαιμὸν ἀμῆσαι A.R. 4.374 (tm.).

II scrape, clear away

scrape or clear away, δακτύλοις δ. χθόνα E. Ba. 709:—also in Med., διαμᾶσθαι τὸν κάχληκα Th. 4.26; τὴν χιόνα Plb. 3.55.6; τὴν ψάμμον J. AJ 3.1.3.

In the wild

διαμῶσαι · diamōsai Euripides, Bacchae 708–709
διήμηςʼ · diēmēsʼ Euripides, Electra *klutaimh/stra.1020 (DIORISIS sentence 653)
διάμησε · diamēse Iliad 3.359
διάμησε · diamēse Iliad 7.253
διαμασῶ · diamasō Septuaginta, Siracides 31
διαμώμενοι · diamōmenoi Thucydides, History 4.26.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2701)

Where it came from

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