διατρίβω
Infl. fut. ψω
Infl. Pass., aor2 -ετρι?́βην
Infl. perf. -τέτριμμαι
I. "to rub between, rub hard, rub away, consume, waste", Hom.:—Pass., διατρι^βῆναι "to perish utterly", Hdt.
II. δ. χρόνον, Lat. terere tempus, to spend time, id=Hdt., Xen.: Pass., ἐνιαυτὸς διετρίβη Thuc.
2. absol. (without χρόνον), "to waste time, pass it away", οὐ μὴ διατρίψεις; i. e. make no more delay, Ar.; δ. ἐν γυμνασίοις "to pass all one's time" there, id=Ar.; δ. μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων "to go on talking", id=Ar.: —hence, "to employ oneself on or in" a thing, ἔν or ἐπί τινι Plat.; περί τι id=Plat.; c. part., δ. μελετῶν Xen.
b. also absol. "to lose time, delay", Il., Ar., etc.: c. gen., δ. ὁδοῖο "to lose time" on the way, Od.
III. "to put off by delay, to thwart, hinder" a thing, Hom.; δ. Ἀχαιοὺς ὃν γάμον "put" them "off" in the matter of her wedding, Od.