διατριìβω
διατρίβω [ρῑ ], pf. -τέτρῐφα Plb. 4.57.3: - Pass., aor. 2 διετρίβην [ῐ ] (v. infr.): -
I rub hard, χερσὶ διατρίψας Il. 11.847: more freq., wear away, consume, πάντα διατρίβουσιν Ἁχαιοί Od. 2.265; χρήματα Thgn. 921; τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων Th. 8.87; εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον to fritter away Providence into unreasoning causes, Plu. Nic. 23: - Pass., κάκιστα διατριβῆναι perish utterly, Hdt. 7.120 (v.l. ἐκ-), cf. Th. 8.78.
II
1. spend, of Time, θερείην Hdt. 1.189; freq. χρόνον δ. Lys. 3.11; παρά τινι Hdt. 1.24, etc.; δ. τινὰς ἡμέρας X. HG 6.5.49; ἓξ ἔτη Isoc. 4.141 (later c. gen., ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δ. Hdn. 3.10.2): - Pass., ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη Th. 1.125.
2. abs. (without χρόνον), waste time, οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις..; make no more delay, Ar. Ra. 462; δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις pass all one’s time there, Id. Nu. 1002; ἐν ἄστει Antipho 1.14; ἐν ἀγρῷ Philem. 71.6; αὐτοῦ, ἔνδον, Pl. Prt. 311a; δ. μετ’ ἀλλήλων go on talking, Id. Phd. 59d, etc.: hence, busy, employ oneself, ἐν ζητήσει Id. Ap. 29c; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Id. Tht. 173c; ἐπί τινι Id. Euthd. 305a, Isoc. 3.19, D. 2.16; ἀμφί τι X. Eq. 2.1; περί τι Pl. Phd. 90c, Isoc. 1.4; πρὸς ἱππικῇ Pl. Prm. 126c; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις Arist. Pol. 1309a8; πρὸς φιλοσοφίᾳ (prob. l. for -ίαν) Pl. R. 540b: c. part., δ. μελετῶσαι X. Cyr. 1.2.12. abs., lose time, delay, Il. 19.150, Hp. VC 19, Ar. Eq. 515, etc.; λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτ ριβε Pl. R. 472b; διατέτρῐφα I have let the time slip by.., Id. Tht. 143a: c. part., καθ’ ἕκαστα λέγων δ. to waste time in speaking, Isoc. 3.35, cf. D. 1.9.
3. reside, PHal. 1.182 (iii B.C.), PStrassb. 22.6 (ii A.D.), etc.
III put off by delay, thwart, hinder, μή τι διατρίβειν ἐμὸν χόλον Il. 4.42; οὔ τι διατρίβω μητρὸς γάμον Od. 20.341; τἄριστον Ar. Fr. 503: c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα κεν ἥ γε διατρίβῃσιν Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον put them off in the matter of her wedding, Od. 2.204: c. gen. rei, μὴ δηθὰ διατ ρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο let us not lose time on the way, ib. 404: - Med., μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης A.R. 2.883.
διατρίβω diatribō 9x
pr. to rub, wear away by friction;
met. to pass or spend time, to remain, stay, tarry, continue, [Joh 3:22]; [Joh 11:54]; [Act 12:19]; [Act 14:3]; [Act 14:28]
G1304 — διατρίβω
imperfect διέτριβον; 1 aorist διετριψα; to rub between, rub hard, (properly, Homer, Iliad 11, 847, others); to wear away, consume; χρόνον or ἡμέρας, to spend, pass time: [Act 14:3], [Act 14:28]; [Act 16:12]; [Act 20:6]; [Act 25:6], [Act 25:14] ([Lev 14:8]; Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); simply to stay, tarry, (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)): [Joh 3:22]; [Joh 11:54] (WH Tr text ἔμεινεν); [Act 12:19]; [Act 14:18] (Lachmann edition min.); ; (Judith 10:2; 2 Macc. 14:23, and often in secular authors from Homer, Iliad 19, 150 down).
δια - τρίβω ,
[in LXX [Lev 14:8] (H3427), [Jer 35:7] (H1481), Tob 11:8 ; Tob 11:12 , Jdt 10:2 , 2Ma 14:23 * ;]
to rub hard, rub away, consume; δ . χρόνον , ἡμέρας , to spend time: [Act 14:3]; [Act 14:28]; [Act 16:12]; [Act 20:6]; [Act 25:6]; [Act 25:14]. Intransitively with ellipse of object (El., § 81, 1), to spend time, stay: [Jo 3:22], 11:54, [15:35], [Act 12:19]. †