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δίεμαι

diemai

to hunt, pursue

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Where it lives

Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. δίεμαι · diemai — Beekes

δίεμαι [v.] trans. ‘to hunt, pursue’ in δίεσθαι (M 276, etc.), intrans. ‘to run’ in Sievtat (Y¥ 475) and δίεσθαι (M 304). «Ὁ» VAR Subj. δίωμαι, dintat, δίωνται (O 681, etc.), opt. δίοιτο (p 317); act. évdieoav (see DELG). Active preterite forms diov ‘T fled’ (X 251; on die see Chantraine 1942: 388), ἐνδίεσαν ‘they pursued’ (2 584); note περὶ yap die (E 566, etc.) ‘he was afraid’, see below. Rare forms in A.: δίομαι … — [Beekes, s.v. δίεμαι, p. 379]

2. δίεμαι · diemai — Chantraine

δίεμαι : “se hâter, s'élancer danss, δίενται (II. 23,475) et δίεσθαι (IL. 12,304), plus souvent trans. « faire courir » en parlant de chevaux (1]. 15,681, subj. δίηται), «chasser, poursuivre » (II. 12,276, eic., δίεσθαι), subj. — [Chantraine, s.v. δίεμαι, p. 295]

3. δίεμαι · diemai — Frisk

δίεμαι. Neue Hypothese von Pisani Paideia 14 (1959) 143. — [Frisk, s.v. δίεμαι, p. 2200]

4. δίεμαι · diemai — LSJ

speed, speed, to hasten away

speed, ἵπποι πεδίοιο δίενται speed over the plain, Il. 23.475; οὐ . . μέμονε . . δίεσθαι he is not minded to hasten away, 12.304.

II fear

fear, c. inf., A. Pers. 701 (lyr., δείομαι cod.Med.). (Cf. δίω.)

In the wild

δίεμαι · diemai Aeschylus, Persians 700–702
δίεμαι · diemai Aeschylus, Persians 700–702
διεὶς · dieis Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 871)
διέμενος · diemenos Aristophanes, Plutus 720 (DIORISIS sentence 575)
διέντας · dientas Demosthenes, On the Crown 213 (DIORISIS sentence 614)
διεὶς · dieis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1047)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δίεμαι (scan p. 379; entry #1702).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δίεμαι (scan p. 295; entry #2016).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δίεμαι (scan p. 2200; entry #6878).

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