διΐημι

diiemi

drive, thrust

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518b9
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 27 480a16–480b30

480b15
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 73 835b15–22

835b20
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1398a2
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 2 437a19–439a5

438a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

διΐημι (3sg. fut. διαήσει Hsch.), Α. drive, thrust or pass through, διὰ δʼ ἧκε σιδήρου (sc. τὸν ὀϊστόν) Od. 21.328; δ. ξίφος λαιμῶν E. Ph. 1092; δίες στυπτηρίαν ὄξους PHolm. 12.45: c. dupl. acc., στέρνα δ. λόγχην E. Ph. 1398. 2. let people go through a country, give them a passage through, εἰ μήτε οἱ ποταμοὶ διήσουσιν . . X. An. 3.2.23, etc.; διέντες αὐτοὺς ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς D. 18.213, cf. ib.146: c. gen., ξυμφορὰς τοῦ σοῦ διῆκας στόματος didst let them pass through thy mouth, gavest utterance to them, S. OC 963, cf. διαφέρω I.1:—Pass., pass through, Arist. Mir. 835b20: Ep. pf. part. διαειμένος A.R. 2.372. II. dismiss, disband, στράτευμα X. HG 2.4.39, etc.; τοὺς ὀδόντας δ. unclose them, D.S. 10.17. 2. soak, Hp. Acut. 21; ἐλᾳδίῳ διείς Sotad.Com. 1.27, cf. Arist. HA 583a24:—Med., διέμενος ὄξει having diluted it with vinegar, Ar. Pl. 720:—Pass., Alex. 188.3. 3. release prisoners, PGoodsp.Cair. 5.2 (ii B. C.), J. AJ 15.10.3; διειμένος set free, Plu. Demetr. 39.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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