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διατρίβω

diatribo

rub hard, wear away, consume, to fritter away

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What it meant

διατρίβω · diatribō — LSJ

rub hard, wear away, consume, to fritter away, perish

rub hard, χερσὶ διατρίψας Il. 11.847: more freq., wear away, consume, πάντα διατρίβουσιν Ἀχαιοί Od. 2.265; χρήματα Thgn. 921; τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων Th. 8.87; εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον to fritter away Providence into unreasoning causes, Plu. Nic. 23:— Pass., κάκιστα διατριβῆναι perish utterly, Hdt. 7.120 (v.l. ἐκ-), cf. Th. 8.78.

II spend

spend, of Time, θερείην Hdt. 1.189; freq. χρόνον δ. Lys. 3.11; παρά τινι Hdt. 1.24, etc.; δ. τινὰς ἡμέρας X. HG 6.5.49; ἓξ ἔτη Isoc. 4.141 (later c. gen., ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δ. Hdn. 3.10.2):— Pass., ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη Th. 1.125.

2 waste time, make, delay, pass all oneʼs time, go on talking, busy, employ oneself

abs. (without χρόνον), waste time, οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις . .; make no more delay, Ar. Ra. 462; δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις pass all oneʼs time there, Id. Nu. 1002; ἐν ἄστει Antipho 1.14; ἐν ἀγρῷ Philem. 71.6; αὐτοῦ, ἔνδον, Pl. Prt. 311a; δ. μετʼ ἀλλήλων go on talking, Id. Phd. 59d, etc.: hence, busy, employ oneself, ἐν ζητήσει Id. Ap. 29c; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Id. Tht. 173c; ἐπί τινι Id. Euthd. 305a, Isoc. 3.19, D. 2.16; ἀμφί τι X. Eq. 2.1; περί τι Pl. Phd. 90c, Isoc. 1.4; πρὸς ἱππικῇ Pl. Prm. 126c; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις Ar

b lose time, delay, have let the time slip by, to waste time

abs., lose time, delay, Il. 19.150, Hp. VC 19, Ar. Eq. 515, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτριβε Pl. R. 472b; διατέτρῐφα I have let the time slip by . ., Id. Tht. 143a: c. part., καθʼ ἕκαστα λέγων δ. to waste time in speaking, Isoc. 3.35, cf. D. 1.9.

3 reside

reside, PHal. 1.182 (iii B.C.), PStrassb. 22.6 (ii A.D.), etc.

III put off by delay, thwart, hinder, put, off, let us, lose time

put off by delay, thwart, hinder, μή τι διατρίβειν ἐμὸν χόλον Il. 4.42; οὔ τι διατρίβω μητρὸς γάμον Od. 20.341; τἄριστον Ar. Fr. 503: c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα κεν ἥ γε διατρίβῃσιν Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον put them off in the matter of her wedding, Od. 2.204: c. gen. rei, μὴ δηθὰ διατρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο let us not lose time on the way, ib. 404:—Med., μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης A.R. 2.883.

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