διατρῐβή, ἡ,
wearing away, especially of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς.. ἐφηῦρε.. πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479.2: hence, _absolutely_, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1 pastime, amusement, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 923, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 219.4, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ τινὶ καὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71; γέλωτα καὶ δ. παρέχειν τινί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.175, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11; τοῦ συμποσίου δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 185; παρέσχε τοῖς κωμικοῖς δ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]materiem jocandi, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 4, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.52b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; place of amusement, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 481.10, 3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 2.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.11, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.37; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.38; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους [[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 37d, compare “Grg.” 484e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.19, etc.; αἱ πολιτικαὶ δ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]