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διικνέομαι

diikneomai

go through, penetrate

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Where it lives

Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

διϊκνέομαι · diikneomai — LSJ

go through, penetrate, reach

go through, penetrate, ποτὶ τὰν ψυχὰν διʼ ὤτων Ti.Locr. 101a; ἐφʼ ὅσον -εῖται τὸ ὕδωρ Thphr. CP 3.20.4; διῖκτο ἡ δόξα μέχρι βασιλέως Plu. Dem. 20, cf. D.Chr. 12.35; reach, with missiles, Th. 7.79; βραδέως τοῦ παραγγέλματος διικνουμένου Plu. Nic. 27.

2 go through, tell of

in speaking, go through, tell of, πάντα δ. Il. 9.61, 19.186, A.R. 2.411.

3 intervene

of Time, intervene, διετοῦς χρόνου διικνουμένου Longus 1.4.

In the wild

διικνεῖσθαι · diikneisthai Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 134)
διικνεῖται · diikneitai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1101b (DIORISIS sentence 302)
διικνοῦνταί · diiknountai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1102b (DIORISIS sentence 346)
διικνεῖσθαι · diikneisthai Epictetus, Discourses 2.23 (DIORISIS sentence 3435)
διίκεο · diikeo Iliad 19.186
διίξομαι · diixomai Iliad 9.61

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