- διαχέω
- to diffuse
- 1. to pour different ways, to disperse , [Refs 5th c.BC]:—; to cut up a victim, [8th/7th c.BC]
2. to dissolve, break up, destroy , [5th/4th c.BC]
3. metaph. to confound , τὰ βεβουλευμένα [Refs 5th c.BC]
4. Pass. to be poured from one vessel into another , [Refs 5th c.BC]
5. to run through, spread about , [Refs 5th c.BC]
6. to be dissolved, fall away , of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC]: to disperse , of soldiers, [5th/4th c.BC]
7. metaph. to be or become diffuse or dissipated , [5th/4th c.BC] (ML)