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διατηρ-έω

diatereo

watch closely, observe

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διατηρ-έω · diatēr-eō — LSJ

watch closely, observe

watch closely, observe, Pl. Lg. 836d (v.l.), Arist. HA 612b28; δ. μή τι πάθωσι D. 9.20.

2 maintain, observes

maintain, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Decr. ap. D. 18.184; τὴν τάξιν Decr. ib. 37; τὸ πρέπον Arist. EN 1178a13; τὰ τοῦ βίου δίκαια Men. 637; τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν πίστιν Plb. 1.7.7; τὴν εὔνοιαν IG 12(7).506; τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν Phld. D. 3Fr. 19, etc.:—Med., -εῖται τὸν καιρόν observes, ib.Fr. 77:—Pass., ὅταν διατηρηθῶσιν οἱ νόμοι τῇ πόλει Aeschin. 3.6; ἀλειτούργητος -τηρείσθω ἡ θεία φύσις Epicur. Ep. 2p.42U.

3

with predicates, βοῦς ἐννέα ἔτη δ. ἀνοχεύτους Arist. HA 595b18; ἀβλαβές δ. Plb. 7.8.7; ἀφλυκταίνωτα δ. τὰ μέρη Dsc. 5.156; δ. τὸν πόλεμον Plu. Dio 33.

4 keep

δ. ἑαυτὸν ἔκ τινος keep oneself from . ., Act.Ap. 15.29.

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