διασκεδάννυμι

diaskedannymi

scatter abroad, scatter to the winds

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedo 4
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77e1
70a5
77b4
78b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

διασκεδάννυμι, Att. fut. -σκεδῶ S. Ant. 287, Ar. V. 229, etc.:— Α. scatter abroad, scatter to the winds, δούρατα Od. 5.370; τῷ κέ τοι ἀγλαΐας γε διασκεδάσειεν 17.244; γῆν ἐκείνων καὶ νόμους διασκεδῶν S. l. c.; τὰ νῦν ξύμφωνα δεξιώματα δόρει διασκεδῶσιν Id. OC 620; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος Anaxandr. 58; of the wind, διεσκέδασεν αὐτὰ (sc. ναυάγια καὶ νεκροὺς) πανταχῇ Th. 1.54: metaph., BGU 1253.12 (ii B.C.):—Pass., Eus.Mynd. 63. 2. in Hdt., τὸν στρατὸν διεσκέδασε disbanded it, 1.77, cf. 79:—Pass., 1.63, 5.15, Th. 3.98, D.C. 47.38; δ. κατʼ ἑωυτοὺς ἕκαστοι Hdt. 8.57 (but also of an enemy, scatter, 8.68.β). 3. disperse the soul, when it leaves the body, Pl. Phd. 77e, cf. 70a, 78b. 4. in Pass., of reports, to be spread abroad, Hdn. 7.6.9. 5. reject, βουλήν LXX 3 Ki. 12.24.

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