διαβαίνω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From δῐᾰ- (dia-, in different directions, apart, asunder; dia-) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, to walk, step).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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δῐᾰβαίνω (diabaínō)

  1. (intransitive) to stride, walk or stand with legs apart
    • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 77:
      τοσόνδε δ᾽ αὐτοῦ βῆμα διαβεβηκότος ὁ πρωκτός ἐστιν αὐτόχρημ᾽ ἐν Χάοσιν, τὼ χεῖρ᾽ ἐν Αἰτωλοῖς, ὁ νοῦς δ᾽ ἐν Κλωπιδῶν.
      And what a stride! He has one leg on Pylos and the other in the Assembly; his arse gapes exactly over the land of the Chaonians, his hands are with the Aetolians and his mind with the Clopidians.
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Anacharsis 32:
       [], ὑμῶν οὕτω μεγάλα διαβαινόντων ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς. []
  2. (transitive) to step across, pass over
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.49:
       []· ὣς Ἕκτωρ ἀν᾽ ὅμιλον ἰὼν ἐλλίσσεθ᾽ ἑταίρους τάφρον ἐποτρύνων διαβαινέμεν· []
      So Hector ranged to and fro, while urging his men to cross the trench.
    1. (absolute) to cross over
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.634:
         []· ἐμὲ δὲ χρεὼ γίνεται αὐτῆς Ἤλιδ᾽ ἐς εὐρύχορον διαβήμεναι, ἔνθα μοι ἵπποι δώδεκα θήλειαι, ὑπὸ δ᾽ ἡμίονοι ταλαεργοὶ ἀδμῆτες· []
        [] I need her to cross to the wide plains of Elis, where I have twelve brood mares, and sturdy mules that are not yet weaned or broken.
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.62:
        σημαίνων δὲ ταῦτα τῷ λόγῳ διέβαινε ἐς Εὐρυβιάδην, λέγων μᾶλλον ἐπεστραμμένα.
        sēmaínōn dè taûta tôi lógōi diébaine es Eurubiádēn, légōn mâllon epestramména.
        Next he turned his argument to Eurybiades, saying more vehemently than before, []
    2. to bestride
    3. to decide
    4. to come home to, to affect

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Greek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō) < δια- (dia-) +‎ βαίνω (vaíno).

Verb

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διαβαίνω (diavaíno) (past διάβηκα, passive —)

  1. to cross, traverse, go through
  2. to pass, roll by (of time)

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