1. a way of spending time : hence, a pastime (pass-time), amusement , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. serious employment, study , (Aristophanes Comicus), 3. a way of life, living , δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. in bad sense, a waste of time, delay , (Euripides); in plural, (Thucydides) (ML)
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G6896 — διατριβή
diatribē · pastime · Greek