LOGOI

The corpus record

διασκεδ-άννῡμι

diaskedannumi

scatter abroad, scatter to the winds

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διασκεδ-άννῡμι · diasked-annymi — LSJ

scatter abroad, scatter to the winds

scatter abroad, scatter to the winds, δούρατα Od. 5.370; τῷ κέ τοι ἀγλαΐας γε διασκεδάσειεν 17.244; γῆν ἐκείνων καὶ νόμους διασκεδῶν S. l.c.; τὰ νῦν ξύμφωνα δεξιώματα δόρει διασκεδῶσιν Id. OC 620; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος Anaxandr. 58; of the wind, διεσκέδασεν αὐτὰ (sc. ναυάγια καὶ νεκροὺς) πανταχῇ Th. 1.54: metaph., BGU 1253.12 (ii B.C.):—Pass., Eus.Mynd. 63.

2 disbanded, scatter

in Hdt., τὸν στρατὸν διεσκέδασε disbanded it, 1.77, cf. 79:—Pass., 1.63, 5.15, Th. 3.98, D.C. 47.38; δ. κατʼ ἑωυτοὺς ἕκαστοι Hdt. 8.57 (but also of an enemy, scatter, 8.68.β).

3 disperse

disperse the soul, when it leaves the body, Pl. Phd. 77e, cf. 70a, 78b.

4 to be spread abroad

in Pass., of reports, to be spread abroad, Hdn. 7.6.9.

5 reject

reject, βουλήν LXX 3 Ki. 12.24.

In the wild

6 of 69 attestations shown. Ask for more.

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.

Downloads

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about διασκεδ-άννῡμι →