scatter abroad, scatter to the winds,
διασκεδ-άννῡμι, Att.
fut.
A.
-σκεδῶ
S. Ant. 287
, Ar. V. 229 , etc.:—scatter abroad, scatter to the winds,
δούρατα
Od. 5.370
; τῷ κέ τοι ἀγλαί̈ας γε διασκεδάσειεν
17.244
; γῆν ἐκείνων καὶ νόμους διασκεδῶν
S.
l. c.; τὰ νῦν ξύμφωνα δεξιώματα δόρει διασκεδῶσιν
Id. OC 620
; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος
Anaxandr. 58
; of the wind,διεσκέδασεν αὐτὰ(sc.ναυάγια καὶ νεκροὺς) πανταχῇ
Th. 1.54
: metaph., BGU 1253.12
(ii B.C.):— Pass. , Eus.Mynd. 63 .
2. in Hdt. ,τὸν στρατὸν διεσκέδασε disbandedit, 1.77 , cf. 79 :— Pass. , 1.63 , 5.15 , Th. 3.98 , D.C. 47.38 ; δ. κατ' ἑωυτοὺς ἕκαστοι
Hdt. 8.57
(but also of an enemy,scatter,
8.68 .β́).
3. dispersethe soul, when it leaves the body, Pl. Phd. 77e , cf. 70a , 78b .
4. in Pass. , of reports,to be spread abroad,
Hdn. 7.6.9 .
5. reject,
βουλήν
LXX 3 Ki. 12.24
.
