The corpus record

διατρέχω

diatrecho

run across

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
On Hunting 3 · 3.3/10k
Peace 2 · 2.51/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διατρέχω · diatrechō — LSJ

run across, over, pass through

run across or over, ἰχθυόεντα κέλευθα διέδραμον Od. l.c.; τίς δʼ ἂν ἑκὼν τοσσόνδε διαδράμοι ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ; 5.100; ἀτρεμίζων καὶ μὴ διατρέχων Antipho 3.2.5; pass through, διὰ τῆς πόλεως Sammelb. 3924.26 (i A.D.).

2 run through, get to the end of

metaph., run through, τὸν βίον Pl. Lg. 802a; τὰ ἡδέα X. Mem. 2.1.31; δ. τὸν λόγον get to the end of it, Pl. Phdr. 237a.

II run about, run through, spread

abs., run about, δ. εἰς ἀγρόν Ar. Pax 536, cf. Men. Epit. 245; διατρέχοντες ἀστέρες Ar. Pax 838; νεφέλαι διέδραμον Theoc. 22.20: metaph., run through, spread, ἐν τῷ σώματι διέδραμε γαργαλισμός Hegesipp.Com. 1.16; δ. σάλος ἁπάντων καὶ νεωτερισμός Plu. Alex. 68; θροῦς δ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας Id. Pyrrh. 13.

2 pass away

of Time, pass away, Hdn. 2.6.3.

3 come quite, penetrate

δ. εἰς . . come quite to . ., Hp. Int. 39; δ. μέχρι penetrate to . ., Plu. Pyrrh. 24; πρὸς τὴν οἰκονομίαν PGiss. 79ii4 (ii A.D.).

In the wild

διαδράμω · diadramō Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1028)
διατρεχουσῶν · diatrechousōn Aristophanes, Peace 3.535 (DIORISIS sentence 412)
διατρέχοντες · diatrechontes Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 569)
διαδραμόντα · diadramonta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8627)
διατρέχοντα · diatrechonta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4865)
διαδραμών · diadramōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.12 (DIORISIS sentence 8533)

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