The corpus record

διηθ-έω

dietheo

strain through, filter

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Where it lives

De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k

What it meant

διηθ-έω · diēth-eō — LSJ

strain through, filter

strain through, filter, Hp. Acut. 7, Pl. Sph. 226b, Ti. 45c; οἶνον δ. πυρέττοντι Plu. Virt. et vit. 2.101c, cf. Mim.Oxy. 413.161:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 368a22, Plb. 34.9.10; of air in the lungs, Gal. 2.705; καθαρὸν καὶ διηθημένον [γένος], opp. μικτόν, Ph. 2.3.

2 wash out, cleanse

wash out, cleanse, τὴν κοιλίην οἴνῳ, θυμιήμασι, Hdt. 2.86.

II filter through, percolate

intr., of liquid, filter through, percolate, Id. 2.93.

In the wild

διηθούμενα · diēthoumena Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 93)
διηθοῦσα · diēthousa Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 99)
διηθήσαντες · diēthēsantes Herodotus, Histories 2.86.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2132)
διηθέουσι · diētheousi Herodotus, Histories 2.86.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2132)
διηθήσαντες · diēthēsantes Herodotus, Histories 2.88.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2144)
διηθέοντος · diētheontos Herodotus, Histories 2.93.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2186)

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