διαχέω

diacheo

pour different ways, scatter

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 4
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45e2
46d3
85d4
61a5
Philebus 2
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46e1
46e5
Laws 1
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Book VI 1
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775c5
Symposium 1
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206d4

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαχέω, fut. -χεῶ, later -χύσω Gp. 7.8.4: aor. -έχεα, Ep. -έχευα (the only tense used by Hom.):—Α. pour different ways, scatter, τὸν χοῦν Hdt. 2.150. b. in Hom., cut up a victim into joints, αῖψʼ ἄρα μιν διέχευαν Od. 3.456, cf. Il. 7.316, al.; χαλκὸς ἔγκατα διέχευεν Theoc. 22.203. 2. disperse, τὰ συγκεκριμένα Pl. Phlb. 46e; ἡ θερμότης δ. τὸ ὑγρόν Arist. Pr. 869a15; melt, fuse, χαλκόν Paus. 9.41.1; liquefy, opp. πηγνύναι, Pl. Ti. 46d; νῆα . . διέχευαν ἄελλαι A.R. 3.320; δ. ἀποστήματα disperse abscesses, Thphr. Od. 59(61); δ. ἴχνη to destroy the scent, X. Cyn. 5.3:—Pass., ib.8.1:—also Med., dissolve, Nic. Al. 373. 3. metaph., confound, τὰ βεβουλευμένα Hdt. 8.57. 4. put in a good humour, τινὰ ὁμιλίαις καὶ λόγοις Plu. 2.74d, cf. Philostr. VS 2.10.1, Hermog. Id. 2.9. II. more freq. in Pass., to be poured from one vessel into another, Hdt. 6.119. 2. run through, spread, Th. 2.75,76, Arist. Fr. 243. 3. to be dissolved, liquefied, X. Cyn. 8.1, Arist. Pr. 890b17, etc.; of a corpse, Hdt. 3.16; disperse, of soldiers, X. HG 7.4.34; of humours, Hp. Epid. 4.45. 4. metaph., to be or become diffused or relaxed, εὐφραινόμενον -χεῖται, opp. λυπούμενον συσπειρᾶται, Pl. Smp. 206d; ὑπὸ μέθης διακεχυμένος Id. Lg. 775c, cf. Plb. 8.27.4; [αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι] οὐ διαχέονται Epicur. Sent. 30; μαλακὸν καὶ διακεχυμένον βλέπειν Arist. Phgn. 813a26; φαιδρὸν καὶ δ. πρόσωπον Plu. Alex. 19; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ παθητικὸν διακεχυμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Zeno ap.eund.2.82f, cf. Tryph. Trop.p.205S.

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