διαδύνω

diadyno

slip through

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Colours 1
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Chapter 1 791a1–792a3

791a26
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30

404a7
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 21 478a11–25

478a20
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 86 837a12–23

837a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαδύνω Hp. Flat. 13, Arist. de An. 404a7: διαδύω Hdt. 2.66 codd.; more freq. Dep. διαδύομαι, fut. -δύσομαι: aor. 2 διέδυν:—A. slip through a hole or gap, διαδύντες διὰ τοῦ τείχους Th. 4.110; διὰ τούτων ἡ φιλία διαδυομένη X. Mem. 2.6.22: abs., slip through, slip away, Hdt. l.c.; διαδύς Ar. V. 212; μῶν ὁ γέρων πῃ διαδύεται; ib.396. 2. c. acc., evade, shirk, τοῖς διαδυομένοις τὰς λειτουργίας Lys. 21.12, cf. D. 42.23; ὅπῃ . . διαδύσεται τὸν λόγον Pl. Sph. 231c, etc.; τὸ δίκην δοῦναι διαδύς D. 18.133.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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