to keep on foot διακατέχω, hold fast, [[ 1st c.BC: Apollonius Citiensis Medicus 1, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; hold in the mouth, [[ 4th c.AD: Heraclides Historicus ] Refs
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to keep on foot διακατέχω, hold fast, [[ 1st c.BC: Apollonius Citiensis Medicus 1, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; hold in the mouth, [[ 4th c.AD: Heraclides Historicus ] Refs
ineffectual δια-κενῆς or better διὰ κενῆς (i.e. πράξεως), adverb in vain, idly, to no purpose, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.5, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 758, 5th c.BC:
empty διά-κενος, ον, empty, hollow, σφαῖρα [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.93; τὸ δ. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]gap, breach, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.135, 5.71; τὸ δ. τοῦ ὀδόντος 2nd c.AD: Antyllus
to snap δια-κλάω, break in twain, τόξα.. χερσὶ διακλάσσας (Epic dialect for -κλάσας) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.216. ] Refs 8th c.BC+] __II passive, ={διαθρύπτομαι}, διακλᾶσθαι Ἰων
to steal away διακλέπτω, steal at different times, ὅσα δὲ διακέκλεπται [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ δὲ διακλαπὲν πολύ the number stolen [by the soldiers] and dispersed
to dive and swim across διακολυμβάω, dive and swim across, ἀπὸ τῶν πειρατῶν [[ “IG” 12(5).653.29 (from Syros)] Refs]; πρός τινα [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.46.8, cf. LXX.1Mac.9.48, 4th c.AD: P
to carry across διακομ-ίζω, carry over or across, ἐς τὴν νῆσον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; πέντε σταδίους δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, convey, [
to serve διᾱκον-έω, Ionic dialect διηκ-, imperfect ἐδιακόνουν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 406 (uncertain), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 13, 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 3
service διᾱκον-ία, ἡ, service, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.133 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c, etc.; οὔκ ἐστι ταῦτ᾽ ἀρχή, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιμέλειά τις καὶ δ. 4th c.BC: A
servant διάκονος [ᾱ], Ionic dialect διήκονος, ὁ, later διάκων (which see):— servant, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71, 72, “PFlor.” 121.3 (3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; messenger, [[ 4th-5t
a breach διακοπή, ἡ, gash, cleft, as in the skull, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.38] Refs 5th c.BC+]; deepseated wound, [[ [prev. aut
to cut through δια-κόπτω, cut in two, cut through, διὰ δέρην ἔκοψε μέσσην [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 80, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7
two hundred διᾱκόσι-οι, Ionic dialect διηκ-, αι, α, two hundred, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, etc.: _sing._ with Noun of multitude, δ. ἵππος] Refs 5th c.BC+] two hundred horse, [[ 5th c.B
to give a hearing διᾰκούω, future -ακούσομαι[[ NT.Act.23.35 ] NT]:—hear out or to the end, τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.1; πάντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντ
minute observance διακρῑβ-εία, ἡ, minute observance of the law, [[ LXX.1Ki.11.33 (_plural_). ] LXX]
to judge/doubt διακρίνω [ρῑ], future -κρῐνῶ, Epic dialect and Delph. -κρῐνέω[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.387, “SIG” 614.8 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—separate one from another, ὥς τ᾽
discernment διά-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ, separation, dissolution, opposed to σύγκρισις, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 58, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Soph
to look through διακύπτω, stoop and creep through a narrow place, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.145, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 930. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __2 stoop so as t
to hinder διακωλ-ύω [ῡ], hinder, prevent, τινὰ μὴ ποιεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.36; δ. σε ὀρφανὸν εἶναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 148;
to discuss διαλᾰλ-έω, talk with, τινὶ περί τινος [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.85.2, compare “POxy.” 1417.24 (4th c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ὑπέρ τινος [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9
to escape notice διαλανθάνω, future -λήσω[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.16, and as variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.).” 21 -λήσομαι: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist διέλαθον: perfect δ
to dispute διαλέγω, pick out, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.107, 113, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτῶμα glean fallen olives, [[ “PFay.” 102.20 ]
to stop διαλείπω, aorist διέλῐπον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 496 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -λέλοιπα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— leave an interval bet
language διάλεκτ-ος, ἡ, discourse, conversation, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; di