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διατριβή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διατριβή διατριβῆς

Structure: διατριβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from diatri_/bw

Sense

  1. pastime, amusement
  2. occupation, employment, study
  3. waste of time, delay

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • γελοῖα, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ταῦτα καὶ ἐοίκεν οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν ὑμῖν διατριβὴν παρεσχῆσθαι. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 11:3)
  • ὁρῶ ποικίλην τινὰ τὴν διατριβὴν καὶ μεστὸν ταραχῆσ τὸν βίον καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ γε αὐτῶν ἐοικυίασ τοῖσ σμήνεσιν, ἐν οἷσ ἅπασ μὲν ἴδιόν τι κέντρον ἔχει καὶ τὸν πλησίον κεντεῖ, ὀλίγοι δέ τινεσ ὥσπερ σφῆκεσ ἄγουσι καὶ φέρουσι τὸ ὑποδεέστερον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 15:3)
  • πυλὼν μὲν ὑψηλὸσ ἀναβάσεισ πλατείασ ἔχων, ὑπτίασ μᾶλλον ἢ ὀρθίασ πρὸσ τὴν τῶν ἀνιόντων εὐμάρειαν εἰσιόντα δὲ τοῦτον ἐκδέχεται κοινὸσ οἶκοσ εὐμεγέθησ, ἱκανὴν ἔχων ὑπηρέταισ καὶ ἀκολούθοισ διατριβήν, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τὰ ἐσ τρυφὴν παρεσκευασμένα οἰκήματα βαλανείῳ δ’ οὖν καὶ ταῦτα πρεπωδέστατα, χαρίεσσαι καὶ φωτὶ πολλῷ καταλαμπόμεναι ὑποχωρήσεισ. (Lucian, (no name) 5:1)
  • οὗτοσ, οὐκέτι μίαν ἡμέραν ταύτην αἰτεῖσ, ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν εἴκοσιν ἐτῶν διατριβήν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 9:12)
  • ἢ τοῦτο μὲν πολλὴν ἔχει τὴν διατριβὴν ὑπάγειν τοὺσ ἵππουσ τῇ ζεύγλῃ καὶ τὸ ἁρ́μα ἐπισκευάζειν, σὺ δὲ ἀλλὰ δελφῖνά μοί τινα τῶν ὠκέων παράστησον· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 211)

Synonyms

  1. pastime

  2. waste of time

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