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διαθρύπτω

diathrupto

break in pieces

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Memorabilia 3 · 0.84/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαθρύπτω · diathryptō — LSJ

break in pieces, to be crushed

break in pieces, τὸ κρανίον Luc. DMort. 6[20].2; φλὸξδ. τὴν τῶν λίθων ἰσχύν Procop. Pers. 2.17:—Pass., once in Hom., τριχθά τε καὶ τετραχθὰ διατρυφέν [τὸ ξίφος] Il. l.c.; of a drug, to be crushed, Hp. Mul. 1.74; ἀσπίδες διατεθρυμμέναι X. Ages. 2.14, cf. D.H. 9.21.

II break down, enervate, pamper, to be enervated

metaph., break down by profligate living and indulgence, enervate, pamper, τινά Pl. Ly. 210e; σώματα X. Lac. 2.1:—Pass., to be enervated, πλούτῳ A. Pr. 891 (lyr.); διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον X. Mem. 4.2.35; ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων ib. 1.2.24; διατεθρύφθαι τὸν βίον Ael. VH 13.8; τῷ βίῳ Plu. Pomp. 18; διατεθρυμμένος τὰ ὦτα κολακείαις Id. Dio 8. Adv. διατεθρυμμένως, ἔχειν Pl. Lg. 922c.

2 give oneself airs, to be coy, is beginning her airs and graces, have an affected ‘bedside manner’

Med., give oneself airs; of a prudish girl, to be coy, Theoc. 6.15; of a singer, διαθρύπτεται ἤδη is beginning her airs and graces, Id. 15.99; of a doctor, have an affected ‘bedside manner’, Gal. 17(2).148.

In the wild

διαθρυπτομένων · diathryptomenōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 887–893
διαθρυφθέν · diathryphthen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6495)
διατρυφὲν · diatryphen Iliad 3.363
διαθρύπτοντα · diathryptonta Plato, Lysis 210
διεθρύβη · diethrybē Septuaginta, Habacuc 3
διάθρυπτε · diathrypte Septuaginta, Isaias 58

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