διηνεκής
dienekes
continuous, unbroken
Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διηνεκής, Dor. διᾱνεκής (v. infr.) Supp.Epigr. 1.327.10 (Callatis, i A. D.), ές:—A. continuous, unbroken, ἀτραπιτοί τε διηνεκέες Od. 13.195; νώτοισι . . διηνεκέεσσι with slices cut the whole length of the chine, Il. 7.321; ῥίζαι, ῥάβδοι, 12.134,297; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην Od. 18.375; so δ. σώματα Hp.Ma. 301b, cf. 6, BGU 646.22 (ii A. D.); ὄρος δ. 3.1.3; κανών IG 7.3073.108 (Lebad., ii B. C.); τὸ δ. regularity, 2.355; of Time, perpetual, δ. νυκτί VH 1.19; δικτάτωρ εἰς τὸ δ. BC 1.4. Adv. διηνεκέως in phrase δ. ἀγορεύειν to tell from beginning to end, Od. 7.241, 12.56 (distinctly, positively, 4.836); ἅπαντα δ. κατέλεξε Th. 627; cf. τὰ ἕκαστα διηνεκὲς ἐξενέποντα 2.391; Boeot. and Dor. διανεκῶς without ceasing, εὕδειν 9 (dub.), cf. SIG 793.3 (Cos, i A. D.); διηνεκῶς once in Trag., Ag. 319, Com.Adesp. 382, 2.17, OGI 194.12 (Egypt, i B. C.), 49.8, etc.; so διηνεκές h.Ap. 255, Fr. 158; also εἰς τὸ διηνεκές in perpetuity, 7.3, PRyl. 2.427 (ii A. D.), JHS 33.338 (Macedonia, ii A. D.); -κῶς invariably, opp. πλεονάκις, 18(2).315.—The Aeol. and Dor. form διᾱνεκής is used also in Att., as Hp.Ma. 301b, 301e (cf. ap. Sch. ad loc.), l. c., IG 2.1054.81; but νόμος διηνεκής a perpetual law is read in Lg. 839a.
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