διατριβή

From δῐᾰτρῑ́βω (dĭătrī́bō, “to spend time”) +‎ -η (-ē).

δῐᾰτρῐβή • (dĭătrĭbḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰτρῐβῆς); first declension

1. a way of spending time
   1. pastime, hobby, amusement
   2. occupation, employment, study
   3. waste of time, delay

• Greek: διατριβή f (diatriví, “treatise”)
• Latin: diatriba

• “διατριβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διατριβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διατριβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διατριβή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • avocation idem, page 55.
  • business idem, page 106.
  • dalliance idem, page 193.
  • delay idem, page 207.
  • distraction idem, page 242.
  • diversion idem, page 243.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • expenditure idem, page 293.
  • habitation idem, page 380.
  • haunt idem, page 388.
  • hesitation idem, page 398.
  • hobby idem, page 402.
  • occupation idem, page 568.
  • pastime idem, page 598.
  • pause idem, page 599.
  • procrastination idem, page 644.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.
  • recreation idem, page 684.
  • relaxation idem, page 690.
  • slowness idem, page 786.
  • sojourn idem, page 791.
  • sport idem, page 804.
  • stay idem, page 813.
  • stop idem, page 820.
  • study idem, page 829.
  • tardiness idem, page 855.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • trifling idem, page 895.
  • vacillation idem, page 942.
  • waiting idem, page 959.
  • waste idem, page 965.
  • wavering idem, page 968.
  • work idem, page 988.

From Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “study”).

• IPA^(key): /ðʝa.tɾiˈvi/

διατριβή • (diatriví) f (plural διατριβές)

1. dissertation, thesis

   Ο υποψήφιος διδάκτορας έστειλε τη διατριβή του στην κριτική επιτροπή των καθηγητών.

   O ypopsífios didáktoras ésteile ti diatriví tou stin kritikí epitropí ton kathigitón.

   The doctoral candidate sent his dissertation to the dissertation review board.

2. treatise, discourse

• see: τρίβω (trívo, “to grind, to chafe”)

• διατριβή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language