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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

  • τοῖσ ᾄσμασιν καὶ καταπλεύσαντασ ἐπὶ πολὺ κατεῖχον, καὶ ὅλωσ τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν ἐδεῖτό τινοσ διατριβῆσ, καὶ πού τισ αὐτὰσ καὶ παρέπλευσε καὶ τοῦ μέλουσ παρήκουσε· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 19:3)
  • τί οὖν ἔτι διαμέλλομεν ὡσ οὐχ ἱκανῆσ ἡμῖν γεγενημένησ διατριβῆσ; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 5:2)
  • ὁρᾷσ ἐξ οἱάσ σοι διατριβῆσ ἄνθρωπον λέγω. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 5:7)
  • τοὺσ μέντοι τοῦ ἄλλου πλήθουσ, οἱο͂ν γυμναστάσ τινασ ἢ κόλακασ, ἰδιώτασ καὶ μικροὺσ τὰσ γνώμασ καὶ ταπεινοὺσ αὐτόθεν ἀνθρώπουσ, οὔτε ἀποτρέπειν ἄξιον τῶν τοιούτων συνουσιῶν, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν πεισθεῖεν, οὔτε μὴν αἰτιᾶσθαι καλῶσ ἔχει μὴ ἀπολειπομένουσ τῶν μισθοδοτῶν εἰ καὶ πάνυ πολλὰ ὑβρίζοιντο ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, ἐπιτήδειοι γὰρ καὶ οὐκ ἀνάξιοι τῆσ τοιαύτησ διατριβῆσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 4:4)
  • εἰ γὰρ χρὴ καὶ κακῶν ἔπαινον εἰπεῖν, μὴ ὑπολάβῃσ μεῖζόν τι γυμνάσιον ἀρετῆσ ἢ τῆσ ψυχῆσ δοκιμασίαν ἀληθεστέραν τῆσδε τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τῆσ ἐνταῦθα διατριβῆσ· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 19:1)

Synonyms

  1. pastime

  2. waste of time

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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