διατριβή
diatribe
wearing away
Appears 40 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διατριβή, ἡ, A. wearing away, esp. of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς . . ἐφηῦρε . . πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, Fr. 479.2: hence, abs., 1. pastime, amusement, Pl. 923, 219.4, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ τινὶ καὶ δ. 21.71; γέλωτα καὶ δ. παρέχειν τινί 1.175, cf. Tim. 11; τοῦ συμποσίου δ. 185; παρέσχε τοῖς κωμικοῖς δ. materiem jocandi, Per. 4, cf. Or. 2.52b; place of amusement, 481.10, 2.4. 2. serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους Tht. 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι 16.11, cf. 11.37; πρός τι 2.38; ἐπί τινι Ra. 1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις Ly. 204a. b. discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους Ap. 37d, cf. Grg. 484e, 12.19, etc.; αἱ πολιτικαὶ δ. 10.15. c. short ethical treatise or lecture, δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ ἔκτασις Meth. 5, cf. : title of works by Zeno, Cleanthes, etc. d. school of philosophy, 5.211d, al., Alex. 5; Μωυσοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ 8.579; Ἐπικούρου δ. ap. PE 14.5; also, a place of teaching, school, ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. Fr. 217, cf. Acad.Ind.p.39 M., Nigr. 25, 8.350b. 3. way of life, passing of time, δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ Nu. 1055; δ. νέων ἐν δικαστηρίοις 4.32; ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ δ. stay there, Ep. 337e; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν δ., ἐν τῇ γῇ, HA 487a20, Resp. 474b26; διατριβὰς μετʼ ἀλλήλων διατρίβειν 1.147. 4. place of resort, haunt, τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. Euthphr. 2a; ᾖα ἐπὶ τὰς συνήθεις δ. Chrm. 153a. II. in bad sense, waste of time, loss of time, delay, with or without χρόνου, Ph. 751, etc.; δ. ποιεῖσθαι 4.164: pl., δ. καὶ μελλήσεις 5.82; χρόνου δ. ἐμποιεῖν, παρέχειν, 3.38, Oec. 8.13, etc.; ἐμβαλεῖν Nic. 20; διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν prolong a carouse, 226.4. III. Rhet., occasion for dwelling on a subject, Rh. 1418a27 (pl.). IV. continuance, permanence, Mete. 374a12. V. sens. obsc., = συνουσία, Arc. 2.
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