διαλείπω

dialeipo

leave an interval between

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedo 2
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117e7
118a12
Letters 1
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345c4
Republic 1
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617c7
Theages 1
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129c1

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαλείπω, aor. διέλῐπον Ar. Nu. 496: pf. -λέλοιπα Isoc. 12.5:— Α. leave an interval between, τὸ ὀλίγιστον Arist. Ph. 226b28:—Pass., διελέλειπτο a gap had been left, Hdt. 7.40,41; διαλέλειπται μικρὰ χώρα Arist. HA 503a34. 2. intermit, τὴν ὀχείαν Id. GA 757b4: esp. of Time, διαλιπὼν ἡμέρας τὰς συγκειμένας, ἐνιαυτόν, having left an interval of . ., Hdt. 3.157, D. 20.8; ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών having waited an instant, Ar. Nu. 496; χρόνον ὀλίγον Isoc. 5.8; πολὺν χρόνον Arist. Pol. 1299a37; later in gen., μιᾶς ἡμέρας δ. Hdn. 7.8.9; so οὐ πολὺ διαλιπών after a short time, Th. 5.10: abs., opp. εὐθύς, Men. Sam. 198, cf. Hyp. Eux. 32. II. intr., stand at intervals, δ. δύο πλέθρα ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων Th. 7.38; πίτυες διαλείπουσαι μεγάλαι X. An. 4.7.6; τὸ δέρμα ταύτῃ δ. is discontinuous at this point, opp. συνεχές ἐστι, Arist. HA 518a3; τὸ -λεῖπον an interval or gap, X. An. 4.8.13: impers., διαλείπει there are intervals, of the heavens, opp. πλήρη ἀστέρων εἶναι, Arist. Mete. 346a36. 2. c. part., mostly with neg., οὐ πώποτε διέλειπον ζητῶν X. Ap. 16, etc.; οὐδένα διαλέλοιπα χρόνον διαβαλλόμενος I have never ceased to be slandered, Isoc. 12.5; οὐ διέλιπον . . παραινῶν πείθεσθαι . . BGU 747i 7 (ii A.D.), cf. POxy. 281.16 (i A.D.): without a neg., Luc. Vit.Auct. 13, DMeretr. 11.1. 3. of Time, διαλιπόντων ἐτῶν τριῶν, διαλιπούσης ἡμέρας, after an interval of . ., Th. 1.112, 3.74; τὸ διαλεῖπον the interval of time, Arist. Ph. 228b4. 4. in part., intermittent, διαλείποντες πνέουσιν οἱ ἄνεμοι Id. Mete. 362a28, cf. GA 748a19; δ. πυρετός Hp. Aph. 4.43, Coac. 139. 5. die, GDI 1920.9, 2082.5 (Delph.).

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