Διαβάλλειν
to bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo14 Apr 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to deceive and to lead astray. Thucydides [in Book] 11 and Crates 2 [sc. use the word].3
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "to cross the sea", [meaning] to pass over it. "Thereupon he intended to cross the intervening sea and to plunder the islands".4
And Arrian [writes]: "and [that] he acted as helmsman himself to bring the flagship across".5 Also, "to Alexander who was trying to cross the Oxos river".6 Meaning to pass over [it].
And [sc. another meaning of this verb is] I slander; [used] with an accusative. "He slanders the one who has always been preferred".7
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "to cross the sea", [meaning] to pass over it. "Thereupon he intended to cross the intervening sea and to plunder the islands".4
And Arrian [writes]: "and [that] he acted as helmsman himself to bring the flagship across".5 Also, "to Alexander who was trying to cross the Oxos river".6 Meaning to pass over [it].
And [sc. another meaning of this verb is] I slander; [used] with an accusative. "He slanders the one who has always been preferred".7