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διανέμω

dianemo

distribute, apportion

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διανέμω · dianemō — LSJ

distribute, apportion, divide into, distribute, the distributor, assign, divide among themselves, to be spread abroad

distribute, apportion, τοῖς μὲν τιμάς, τοῖς δὲ ἀτιμίας Pl. Lg. 830e, etc.; ἐπὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἕκαστα ἐκμαγεῖα Id. Tht. 194d; δ. μέρη divide into portions, Id. Lg. 756c, cf. Ti. 35b; ἡ χώρα κατὰ δώδεκα μέρη διανενέμηται Id. Lg. 758e; δ. ἑαυτόν distribute oneself among friends, Arist. EN 1171a3; δ. ἴσον αὑτόν [ὁ Πλοῦτος] Ar. Pl. 510; ὁ διανέμων the distributor, Arist. EN 1136b26; assign, Pl. Cra. 430b, Arist. Cael. 306b31:—Med., divide among themselves, τὰ κοινά And. 1.135; τὴν ἀρχήν Pl. Grg. 523a; δ. τ

II set in order, govern

set in order, govern, ἄστυ Pi. P. 4.261, cf. 8.62.

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