The corpus record

διασύρ-ω

diasuro

tear in pieces

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Where it lives

Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
Against Lochites 1 · 8.93/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
On the Crown 8 · 4.12/10k
Antidosis 2 · 1.14/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

διασύρ-ω · diasyr-ō — LSJ

tear in pieces, pull to pieces, to disparage, ridicule

tear in pieces, κρέα prob. in Theopomp.Hist. 76: metaph., pull to pieces, i.e. to disparage, ridicule, Alex. 141.11, 237; διεσύρε τὰ παρόντα D. 13.12, al.; λοιδορούμενος καὶ διασύρων Id. 18.180, cf. Plb. 4.3.13, Phld. Ir. p.59 W., etc.

II break up, disperse

break up, disperse, σύνοδον Plb. 10.42.4.

III draw through, to be drawn to one side

draw through, Paul.Aeg. 6.25:—Pass., to be drawn to one side, Hippiatr. 26.

In the wild

διασύρει · diasyrei Demosthenes, On the Crown 126 (DIORISIS sentence 358)
διασύρων · diasyrōn Demosthenes, On the Crown 180 (DIORISIS sentence 526)
διέσυρε · diesyre Demosthenes, On the Crown 218 (DIORISIS sentence 636)
διέσυρε · diesyre Demosthenes, On the Crown 27 (DIORISIS sentence 78)
διέσυρες · diesyres Demosthenes, On the Crown 299 (DIORISIS sentence 893)
διασύροντες · diasyrontes Demosthenes, On the Crown 317 (DIORISIS sentence 947)

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Where it came from

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