Plato Greek Lexicon διηνεκής

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 Pl. Hp.Ma. 301b, cf. Anaxandr. 6, BGU 646.22 (ii A. D.); ὄρος δ. Str. 3.1.3; κανών IG 7.3073.108 (Lebad., ii B. C.); τὸ δ. regularity, Gal. 2.355; of Time, perpetual, δ. νυκτί Luc. VH 1.19; δικτάτωρ εἰς τὸ δ. App. 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 Hes. Th. 627; cf. τὰ ἕκαστα διηνεκὲς ἐξενέποντα A.R. 2.391; Boeot. and Dor. διανεκῶς without ceasing, εὕδειν Corinn. 9 (dub.), cf. SIG 793.3 (Cos, i A. D.); διηνεκῶς once in Trag., A. Ag. 319, Com.Adesp. 382, M.Ant. 2.17, OGI 194.12 (Egypt, i B. C.), D.Chr. 49.8, etc.; so διηνεκές h.Ap. 255, Call. Fr. 158; also εἰς τὸ διηνεκές in perpetuity, Ep.Hebr. 7.3, PRyl. 2.427 (ii A. D.), JHS 33.338 (Macedonia, ii A. D.); -κῶς invariably, opp. πλεονάκις, Gal. 18(2).315.—The Aeol. and Dor. form διᾱνεκής is used also in Att., as Pl. Hp.Ma. 301b, 301e (cf. Diogenian. ap. Sch. ad loc.), Anaxandr. l. c., IG 2.1054.81; but νόμος διηνεκής a perpetual law is read in Pl. Lg. 839a.
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