A.“-σκεδῶ” S.Ant.287, Ar.V.229, etc.:— scatter abroad, scatter to the winds, “δούρατα” Od.5.370; “τῷ κέ τοι ἀγλαΐας γε διασκεδάσειεν” 17.244; “γῆν ἐκείνων καὶ νόμους διασκεδῶν” S. l. c.; “τὰ νῦν ξύμφωνα δεξιώματα δόρει διασκεδῶσιν” Id.OC620; “διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν νέφος” Anaxandr.58; of the wind, διεσκέδασεν αὐτὰ (sc. ναυάγια καὶ νεκροὺς)“ πανταχῇ” Th.1.54: metaph., BGU1253.12 (ii B.C.):—Pass., Eus.Mynd.63.
2. in Hdt., τὸν στρατὸν διεσκέδασε disbanded it, 1.77, cf. 79:—Pass., 1.63, 5.15, Th.3.98, D.C. 47.38; “δ. κατ᾽ ἑωυτοὺς ἕκαστοι” Hdt.8.57 (but also of an enemy, scatter, 8.68.β́).
4. in Pass., of reports, to be spread abroad, Hdn.7.6.9.
5. reject, “βουλήν” LXX 3 Ki.12.24.