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διαβάλλω 1 2

I.to throw over or across, to carry over or across, νέας Hdt.: hence,
2.seemingly intr., like Lat. trajicere, to pass over, cross, pass, id=Hdt.: also c. acc., δ. γεφύρας Eur.; πέλαγος Thuc.
II.to set at variance, make a quarrel between, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα Plat.:—Pass. to be at variance with, τινί id=Plat.
III.to traduce, slander, calumniate, Hdt., etc.; διέβαλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς . . traduced them saying that . . , id=Hdt.:—Pass., διαβάλλεσθαί τινι to be filled with suspicion against another, id=Hdt.; πρός τινα id=Hdt.; ἔς τινα Thuc.
2.c. acc. rei, to misrepresent a thing, to state slanderously, Hdt., Dem.: to give hostile information, without insinuation of falsehood, Thuc.
IV.to deceive by false accounts, impose upon, τινά Hdt.:—so in Mid., id=Hdt.:—Pass., διαβεβλῆσθαι ὡς . . to be slanderously told that . . , Plat.

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