II. abs. (sc. Χρόνον or βίον), spend time in a place, “αὐτόθι” D.33.5; “τῇ Χώρᾳ” Plb.3.88.1, etc.; “ἐν τόπῳ” D.S. 5.44; ἀνθρωπίσκοις among them, Luc.Alex.33.
3. continue in the practice of a thing, “τοῖς ἠθάσι . . τοῖς ἀρχαίοις” Ar.Ec.585, cf. Pl. Grg.484c, R.487d; ἐᾶν ἐνδιατρίβειν τὴν ὄψιν ἔν τινι let one's eyes linger on it, X.Cyr.5.1.16; ἐ. λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις linger fondly on them, Luc.Nigr.7; “τῇ περὶ τοὺς βίους ἀναγραφῇ” Plu.Per.2; “κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν” Epicur.Fr.217; “περὶ μουσικήν” Ath.14.623e; “ἐ. ὅθεν ἡσυχιεῖ” Epicur. Nat.27 G.; esp. dwell upon a point (in speaking), Aeschin.3.201, cf. Arist.Pol.1258b35, Jul.Or.1.45b; “περί τινος” Arist.Metaph.989b27; “τῷ Χρησίμῳ” Hermog.Prog.7, etc.