A.“-τέτρι^φα” Plb.4.57.3:—Pass., aor. 2 διετρίβην [ι^] (v. infr.):—rub hard, “χερσὶ διατρίψας” Il.11.847: more freq., wear away, consume, “πάντα διατρίβουσιν Ἁχαιοί” Od.2.265; “χρήματα” Thgn. 921; “τὰ τῶν Πελοποννησίων” Th.8.87; εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους δ. τὸ θεῖον to fritter away Providence into unreasoning causes, Plu.Nic.23:— Pass., κάκιστα διατριβῆναι perish utterly, Hdt.7.120 (v.l. ἐκ-), cf. Th. 8.78.
II. spend, of Time, “θερείην” Hdt.1.189; freq. “χρόνον δ.” Lys. 3.11; “παρά τινι” Hdt.1.24, etc.; “δ. τινὰς ἡμέρας” X.HG6.5.49; “ἓξ ἔτη” Isoc.4.141 (later c. gen., “ἐτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δ.” Hdn.3.10.2):— Pass., “ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη” Th.1.125.
2. abs. (without χρόνον), waste time, οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις . .; make no more delay, Ar.Ra.462; δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις pass all one's time there, Id.Nu.1002; “ἐν ἄστει” Antipho 1.14; “ἐν ἀγρῷ” Philem.71.6; αὐτοῦ, ἔνδον, Pl.Prt.311a; “δ. μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων” go on talking, Id.Phd.59d, etc.: hence, busy, employ oneself, “ἐν ζητήσει” Id.Ap.29c; “ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ” Id.Tht.173c; “ἐπί τινι” Id.Euthd.305a, Isoc.3.19, D.2.16; “ἀμφί τι” X.Eq.2.1; “περί τι” Pl.Phd.90c, Isoc.1.4; “πρὸς ἱππικῇ” Pl.Prm.126c; “πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις” Arist.Pol.1309a8; πρὸς φιλοσοφίᾳ (prob. l. for -ίαν) Pl.R.540b: c. part., “δ. μελετῶσαι” X.Cyr.1.2.12.
b. abs., lose time, delay, Il.19.150, Hp.VC19, Ar.Eq.515, etc.; “λέγε καὶ μὴ διάτ ριβε” Pl.R.472b; διατέτρι^φα I have let the time slip by . ., Id.Tht.143a: c. part., καθ᾽ ἕκαστα λέγων δ. to waste time in speaking, Isoc.3.35, cf. D.1.9.
3. reside, PHal.1.182 (iii B.C.), PStrassb. 22.6 (ii A.D.), etc.
III. put off by delay, thwart, hinder, “μή τι διατρίβειν ἐμὸν χόλον” Il.4.42; “οὔ τι διατρίβω μητρὸς γάμον” Od.20.341; “τἄριστον” Ar.Fr.503: c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα κεν ἥ γε διατρίβῃσιν Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον put them off in the matter of her wedding, Od. 2.204: c. gen. rei, μὴ δηθὰ διατ ρίβωμεν ὁδοῖο let us not lose time on the way, ib.404:—Med., “μή τι διατριβώμεθα πείρης” A.R.2.883.