# διαρρέω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* διαρέω (diaréō)

### Etymology

From δῐᾰ- (dia-, “through”) +‎ ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.ar̥.r̥é.ɔː/ → /ði.arˈre.o/ → /ði.aˈre.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /di.ar̥.r̥é.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /di.arˈre.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ði.arˈre.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ði.arˈre.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ði.aˈre.o/

### Verb

δῐᾰρρέω • (diarrhéō)
* to flow (through), to run (of liquids)
* to slip through
* to leak
* (figuratively) to fade away, wane, go to waste

#### Inflection

This verb does not contract ε with η, ο, or ω.

#### Derived terms

* ἀδῐᾰ́ρρευστος (adiárrheustos, “non-deliquescent”) (medicine)
* ἀδῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ f (adiárrhoia, “constipation”)
* δῐᾰρροή f (diarrhoḗ, “channel, pipe; flowing through”)
* δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ f (diárrhoia, “flowing through, diarrhoea”)
* δῐᾰρροϊκός (diarrhoïkós, “suffering from diarrhoea”)
* δῐᾰ́ρρους m (diárrhous, “passage, channel”)
* δῐᾰ́ρρῠσις f (diárrhusis, “διάρρους passage, channel”)
* δῐᾰ́ρρῠτος (diárrhutos, “intersected by streams”)
* ἐπῐδῐᾰρρέω (epidiarrhéō, “flow through or melt away besides”)
* λογοδῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ f (logodiárrhoia, “flux of words”)
* σῠνδῐᾰρρέω (sundiarrhéō, “flow through along with”)
* and see ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: διαρρέω (diarréo)

### Further reading

* “διαρρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* διαρρέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. crumble idem, page 187.decay idem, page 199.decline idem, page 201.disappear idem, page 227.drain idem, page 250.droop idem, page 254.drop idem, page 254.dwindle idem, page 257.ebb idem, page 260.evaporate idem, page 284.fade idem, page 301.fall idem, page 303.flow idem, page 329.melt idem, page 524.pass idem, page 595.perish idem, page 607.piece idem, page 611.pine idem, page 613.sink idem, page 779.unremembered idem, page 929.vanish idem, page 943.wane idem, page 961.waste away idem, page 965.wear arms idem, page 970.wither idem, page 984.
* “διαρρέω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δῐᾰρρέω. For sense information leaks, semantic loan from English leak. For sense people move out, semantic loan from French écouler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ði̯aˈre.o/, /ðʝaˈre.o/
* Hyphenation: διαρ‧ρέ‧ω
* Old Hyphenation: δι‧αρ‧ρέ‧ω

### Verb

διαρρέω • (diarréo) (past διέρρευσα, passive διαρρέομαι)
* (of rivers) to flow through [with accusative]
    Ο Νείλος διαρρέει πολλές χώρες.O Neílos diarréei pollés chóres.The Nile flows through many countries.
* to leak (liquid or gas through a hole)
** (figuratively, of time) to pass
    Διέρρευσε πολύς χρόνος μετά τη λήξη της προθεσμίας.Diérrefse polýs chrónos metá ti líxi tis prothesmías.A long time passed by after the deadline.
* (figuratively) to leak (secrets, confidential information)
    Διέρρευσαν μυστικά έγγραφα.Diérrefsan mystiká éngrafa.Classified documents are leaked.
** (colloquially transitive, neologism) to leak on purpose
    Πηγές του κόμματος διαρρέουν ότι ο υπουργός θα παραιτηθεί σύντομα.Pigés tou kómmatos diarréoun óti o ypourgós tha paraititheí sýntoma.Party sources are leaking that the minister will soon resign.
    Synonym: διοχετεύω (diochetévo)
*** (impersonal) to be leaked, to be let known
* (rare, of people) to disperse, diminish in numbers
    Οι οπαδοί διαρρέουν προς άλλα κόμματα.Oi opadoí diarréoun pros álla kómmata.Party followers are moving to other parties.
    Synonym: απομακρύνομαι (apomakrýnomai)
* to drain (container; area of land)

#### Related terms

* διάρρευση f (diárrefsi, “a leak”) (of classified information)
* διαρροή f (diarroḯ, “leak, loss”)
* διάρροια f (diárroia, “diarrhoea”)
* διαρροϊκός (diarroïkós, “suffering from diarrhoea”)
* λογοδιάρροια f (logodiárroia, “flux of words, garrulousness”)

### References

* ↑ διαρρέω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
* ↑ διαρρέω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.