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διαπυνθάνομαι

διαπυνθάνομαι

Ancient Greek

Verb

δῐᾰπῠνθᾰ́νομαι (diapunthánomai)

  1. To find out, hear about thoroughly or in detail
    • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 172.a
      καὶ ὅς, ‘Ἀπολλόδωρε,’ ἔφη, ‘καὶ μὴν καὶ ἔναγχός σε ἐζήτουν βουλόμενος διαπυθέσθαι τὴν Ἀγάθωνος συνουσίαν’
      And he said "Apollodorus, I really was just looking for you, wanting to hear all about Agathon's drinking party."

Inflection

References

  • διαπυνθάνομαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • διαπυνθάνομαι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “No number provided”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company