διατρῐβή (diatribe)

Where it lives

Letter 5 2 · 71.17/10k
Letter 7 2 · 25.67/10k
Against the Sophists 2 · 15.09/10k
Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 1 · 8.76/10k
Antidosis 14 · 7.95/10k
Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
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Panathenaicus 6 · 3.79/10k
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Apology 3 · 3.43/10k

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What it meant

διατρῐβή · diatribē — LSJ

wearing away, way, manner of spending, pastimes

wearing away, esp. of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς . . ἐφηῦρε . . πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, S. Fr. 479.2: hence, abs.,

1 pastime, amusement, place of amusement

pastime, amusement, Ar. Pl. 923, Alex. 219.4, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ τινὶ καὶ δ. D. 21.71; γέλωτα καὶ δ. παρέχειν τινί Aeschin. 1.175, cf. Plu. Tim. 11; τοῦ συμποσίου δ. Alex. 185; παρέσχε τοῖς κωμικοῖς δ. materiem jocandi, [fodder for jokes] Plu. Per. 4, cf. Jul. Or. 2.52b; place of amusement, Men. 481.10, Bato 2.4.

2 serious occupation, study

serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους Pl. Tht. 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Lys. 16.11, cf. Is. 11.37; πρός τι Aeschin. 2.38; ἐπί τινι Ar. Ra. 1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις Pl. Ly. 204a.

b discourse

discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους Id. Ap. 37d, cf. Grg. 484e, Isoc. 12.19, etc.; αἱ πολιτικαὶ δ. D.H. 10.15.

c short ethical treatise, lecture

short ethical treatise or lecture, δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ ἔκτασις Hermog. Meth. 5, cf. Suid.: title of works by Zeno, Cleanthes, etc.

d school, a place of teaching, school

school of philosophy, Ath. 5.211d, al., Luc. Alex. 5; Μωυσοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Gal. 8.579; Ἐπικούρου δ. Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.5; also, a place of teaching, school, ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. Epicur. Fr. 217, cf. Phld. Acad.Ind. p.39 M., Luc. Nigr. 25, Ath. 8.350b.

3 way of life, passing of time, stay

way of life, passing of time, δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ Ar. Nu. 1055; δ. νέων ἐν δικαστηρίοις And. 4.32; ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ δ. stay there, Pl. Ep. 337e; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν δ., ἐν τῇ γῇ, Arist. HA 487a20, Resp. 474b26; διατριβὰς μετʼ ἀλλήλων διατρίβειν Aeschin. 1.147.

4 place of resort, haunt

place of resort, haunt, τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. Pl. Euthphr. 2a; ᾖα ἐπὶ τὰς συνήθεις δ. Id. Chrm. 153a.

II waste of time, loss of time, delay, prolong

in bad sense, waste of time, loss of time, delay, with or without χρόνου, E. Ph. 751, etc.; δ. ποιεῖσθαι Isoc. 4.164: pl., δ. καὶ μελλήσεις Th. 5.82; χρόνου δ. ἐμποιεῖν, παρέχειν, Id. 3.38, X. Oec. 8.13, etc.; ἐμβαλεῖν Plu. Nic. 20; διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν prolong a carouse, Alex. 226.4.

III occasion for dwelling on a subject

Rhet., occasion for dwelling on a subject, Arist. Rh. 1418a27 (pl.).

IV continuance, permanence

continuance, permanence, Id. Mete. 374a12.

V

sens. obsc., = συνουσία, Procop. Arc. 2.

In the wild

διατριβῆς · diatribēs Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 161)
διατριβὴν · diatribēn Aristophanes, Clouds 1055 (DIORISIS sentence 811)
διατριβὴν · diatribēn Aristophanes, Frogs 1496–1499
διατριβή · diatribē Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 735)
διατριβὰς · diatribas Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 213)
διατριβήν · diatribēn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 83)

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