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διαπράσσω

diaprasso

pass over

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διαπράσσω, Att. διαπράττω, Ion. δια-πρήσσω,
pass over, c. gen., διέπρησσον πεδίοιο they made their way over the plain, Il. 2.785, 3.14; also οἵ κε . . διαπρήσσωσι κέλευθον may finish their journey, Od. 2.213, cf. 429: of Time, c. part., ἤματα . . διέπρησσον πολεμίζων I went through days in fighting, Il. 9.326; κεν . . εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἅπαντα οὔ τι διαπρήξαιμι λέγων I should not finish speaking . ., Od. 14.197:—Med., διαπραξάμενος βίον Alex. 262.2 (dub.).
II. bring about, accomplish, Hdt. 9.94; δ. τινί τι get a thing done for a man, Id. 3.61, cf. A. Eu. 953 (lyr.): c. inf., X. Smp. 5.9: abs., Ar. Eq. 93:—Pass., ἐπʼ ἔργοις διαπεπραγμένοις καλῶς A. Ch. 739:—freq. in Med., Hdt. 1.2, 2.2, Ar. Lys. 518, etc.; διʼ ἑρμηνέων Hdt. 4.24; οὐδὲν καινὸν διαπράττονται D. 35.1: pf. Pass. in med. sense, τὸ αὐτὸ διαπεπραγμένοι εἰσὶν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ . . Pl. Grg. 479a; πολλοῖς πολλὰ παρὰ τοῦ πάππου ἀγαθὰ διεπέπρακτο X. Cyr. 4.2.10, cf. An. 2.3.25; ὃ οὗτοι διαπεπραγμένοι εἰσί D. 35.26, cf. Din. 1.97, Isoc. 4.137; τοὺς ἀνήκεστα δ. Theodect. ap. Arist. Rh. 1399b4, cf. Men. Per.Fr. 1: also strictly in sense of Med., effect for oneself, gain oneʼs point, Hdt. 9.41; τὸ ἴδιον Antipho 5.61; φιλίαν δ. πρός τινα X. An. 7.3.16; πλοῖα παρά τινος ib. 6.2.17: c. inf., δ. τῶν ἀγγέλων γενέσθαι Pl. R. 360a; δ. ὥστε folld. by inf., Lys. 16.15, Pl. Grg. 478e, by ind., X. An. 4.2.23; δ. μὴ καίειν ib. 3.5.5.
2. Med., get for oneself, obtain, πλοῖα ib. 6.2.17, cf. 3.2.29.
III. make an end of, destroy, in Pass., A. Pers. 260 (lyr.), al., S. Tr. 784, E. Hel. 858; διαπέπρακται τὰ Καρχηδονίων Plu. Fab. 5.
IV. Med., intrigue successfully, Aeschin. 3.232 (so in Act., διαπρήσσει· ἀπατᾶ, ψεύδεται, Hsch.).
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