Plato Greek Lexicon διάκειμαι

διάκειμαι

diakeimai

to be served at table

Appears 42 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διάκειμαι, 3sg. subj. διάκηται Sapph. Supp. 2.9; inf. -κεῖσθαι: fut. -κείσομαι: first in Hes. Sc. 20:—Α. serving as Pass. to διατίθημι, δ. ὑπό τινος X. HG 4.1.33, cf.6.5.1; to be served at table, Philostr. VA 2.28; of troops, to be stationed, POxy. 1204.7(iii A.D.), etc.: but mostly, II. to be in a certain state of mind, body, or circumstances, to be disposed or affected in a certain manner, Hdt. 2.83, etc.: freq. with Adv., ὡς διάκειμαι what a state I am in! E. Tr. 113 (lyr.); ὁρᾶτε ὡς δ. ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου Th. 7.77, etc.; σχεδόν τι οὕτω διεκείμεθα, τοτὲ μὲν γελῶντες κτλ. Pl. Phd. 59a; μοχθηρῶς, φαυλότατα δ., to be in a sorry plight, Id. Grg. 504e, Erx. 405d; οὕτω δ. τὴν γνώμην ὡς . . Isoc. 2.13; εὖ δ. τινί, to be well disposed towards him, Is. 4.18; πρός τινα κακῶς δ. Lys. 16.2; πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Isoc. 3.10; φιλικῶς τινί, οἰκείως πρός τινα, X. An. 2.5.27, 7.5.16: abs., to be well-disposed, πρός τινα Philostr. VA 1.7 (cf. ἀπὸ τοῦ διακειμένου ἀκροασάμενος Id. VS 2.10.1); ἐπιφθόνως δ. τινί to be envied by him, Th. 1.75; ὑπόπτως τῷ πλήθει δ. to be suspected by the people, Id. 8.68; ἐρωτικῶς δ. τῶν καλῶν to be in love with . ., Pl. Smp. 216d; ἀπλήστως δ. πρὸς ἡδονήν X. Cyr. 4.1.14; λύμῃ δ., = λυμαίνεσθαι, Hdt. 2.162; τὸ διακείμενον, of the intransitive Verb, opp. τὸ ποιοῦν, Arist. SE 166b14. 2. of things, to be settled, fixed, or ordered, τώς οἱ διέκειτο Hes. l.c.; τὰ διακείμενα conditions, terms, ἐπὶ διακειμένοισι μουνομαχῆσαι Hdt. 9.26; of a gift, ἄμεινον διακείσεται it will be better disposed of, X. An. 7.3.17. 3. of property, etc., to be situated, PGiss. 119.3 (v A.D.), etc.
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