Strong G6896διατριβή
pastime
- Transliteration
- diatribē
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
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)
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)