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διαβαίνω

diabaino

stride, walk

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διαβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι: aor. -έβην, Aeol. part. ζάβαις Alc. Supp. 7.3: I. intr., stride, walk or stand with legs apart, εὖ διαβάς, of a man planting himself firmly for fighting, Il. 12.458, Tyrt. 11.21; ὡδὶ διαβάς Ar. V. 688; τοσόνδε βῆμα διαβεβηκότος Id. Eq. 77; opp. συμβεβηκώς, X. Eq. 1.14; πόδας μὴ -βεβῶτας Hp. Art. 43, cf. D.S. 4.76; κολοσσοὶ -βεβηκότες Plu. 2.779f; simply, spacious, δόμοι Corn. ND 15: metaph., μεγάλα δ. ἐπί τινα to go with huge strides against . ., Luc. Anach. 32; ὀνόματα -βεβηκότα εἰς πλάτος great straddling words, D.H. Comp. 22; [ποὺς] -βεβηκώς with a mighty stride, ib.17: c. acc. cogn., αἱ ἁρμονίαι διαβεβήκασι εὐμεγέθεις διαβάσεις ib.20; also ἐξερείσματα χρόνων πρὸς ἑδραῖον -βεβηκότα μέγεθος Longin. 40.4. II. c. acc., step across, pass over, τάφρον Il. 12.50; πόρον Ὠκεανοῖο Hes. Th. 292, cf. A. Pers. 865 (lyr.); Ἀχέροντα Alc. l.c.; ποταμόν Hdt. 1.75, etc., cf. 7.35; also διὰ ποταμοῦ X. An. 4.8.2. 2. abs. (θάλασσαν or ποταμόν being omitted), cross over, Ἤλιδʼ ἐς εὐρύχορον διαβήμεναι Od. 4.635; <ἐς> τήνδε τὴν ἤπειρον Hdt. 4.118; πλοίῳ Id. 1.186, cf. Th. 1.114, Pl. Phdr. 229c, etc.: metaph., τῷ λόγῳ διέβαινε ἐς Εὐρυβιάδεα he went over to him, Hdt. 8.62; δ. ἐπὶ τὰ μείζω Arr. Epict. 1.18.18. b. πόθεν . . διαβέβηκε τὸ ἀργύριον from what sources the money has mounted up, Plu. 2.829e. 3. bestride, AP 5.54 (Diosc.). 4. decide, δίκας SIG 426.7 (Teos, iii B. C.). 5. come home to, affect, εἴς τινα Diog. Oen.2, Steph. in Rh. 281.5.
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