different, unlike,
διάφορ-ος,ον,
A. different, unlike,
Hdt. 2.83 , 4.81 , Pl. Lg. 964a , etc.; παρά τι
Iamb. Myst. 3.30
: c. gen.,differing from,
Pl. Phlb. 61d , etc.
b. several, various,
κατὰ τὰς δ. ὕλας
Phld. Sign. 24
; δ. πρόσωπα
POxy. 1033.88
(iv A.D.), cf. Ep.Hebr. 9.13 .
c. ambiguous,
Hsch.
2. differingordisagreeing withanother, πολλοῖς δ. εἰμι
E. Med. 579
; esp. in hostile sense,at variance with,
Κλεομένεϊ
Hdt. 5.75
; τοῖς οἰκείοις
Lys. 14.44
;ἀλλήλοις, ἑαυτοῖς,
Pl. Prt. 337b , Lg. 679b ; ἀνώμαλος καὶ δ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν
Plu. Sull. 6
: c. gen.,δ. τινοςone'sadversary,
D. 29.15 , cf. Antiph. 209.1 , Philem. 162 .
3. excellent, distinguished, remarkable,
Antiph. 175.3 ; δ. γλυκύτητι
D.S. 2.57
; πρὸς ἀρετήν
Plu. Cleom. 16
: Comp. , ὄνομα
Ep.Hebr. 1.4
.
4. making a difference to one,
a. in good sense,advantageous, profitable, important,
δ. ἑτέρου μᾶλλον
Th. 4.3
; πρὸς σωτηρίαν
Pl. Lg. 779b
.
b. rarely in bad sense,disagreeable, γείτονα γείτονι μηδὲν ποιεῖν δ.ib. 843c .
II. asSubst.,διάφορον,τό,
1. difference,
σμικρόν τι τὸ δ. εὕροι τις ἄν
Hdt. 2.7
;διάφορα πολλὰ θεῶν βροτοῖσιν εἰσορῶI see manydifferencesbetween gods and men, E. Supp. 612 (lyr.);μέγα τὸ δ. ἐστι( v.l. διαφέρον ) Hp. Art. 14 ; ἆρα μικρὰ τὰ δ. ἑκατέροις τῆς οὑσίας;
Is. 11.47
; ἡλίκα γ' ἐστὶν τὰ διάφορ' ἐνθάδ' ἢ ἐκεῖ πολεμεῖν
D. 1.27
.
2. what concerns one, τῶν ἡμῖν ἐς τὰ μέγιστα διαφόρων matters ofthe greatestconcernto us, Th. 4.87 ; τηλικούτων ὄντων αὐτῷ τῶν δ.
D. 19.68
, cf. Arist. Oec. 1352b2 .
3. difference, disagreement, ἕνεκα τῶν αὐτοῖς ἰδίᾳ δ.on account of their privatedifferences,
Th. 1.68 , cf. 2.37 ;τὸ Ἀθηναίων δ. difference withthe A. , Id. 2.27 .
4. in reference to money-matters,difference, balance,
Hyp. Eux. 17 , cf. Epict. Ench. 25.4 ;expenditure,
Arist. VV 1251b10 ; ἡμικρολογία ἐστὶ φειδωλία τοῦ δ.
Thphr. Char. 10.1
: in pl.,expenses,
D. 32.18 , IG 5(1).1390.45 (Andania,i B.C.);losses, OGI 90.30
(ii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 11
B 8
(ii B.C.).
b. ready money, cash,
χρείας γενομένης ἀναγκαίας τῷ δήμῳ διαφόρου
IG 12(7).388.7
(Amorgos);sum of money, PSI 4.330.8
(iii B.C.), UPZ 3.7
(ii B.C.), Plb. 4.18.8 , IG 12(5).653.56 (Syros,i B.C.), etc.: pl., Plb. 31.27.13 , CIG 2695 (Iasus);interest,
ἐπὶ διαφόρῳ ἡμιολίας
POxy. 1040.8
(iii A.D.);price,
Luc. Herm. 81 , D.L. 6.9 .
5. expenses of carriage,
PAmh. 2.69.12
(ii A.D.), PFay. 86a11
(ii A.D.).
III. Adv. -ρως with a difference,
τοῖς παροῦσιν ἤθεσι δ. πολιτεύειν
Th. 6.18
, cf. Pl. Ion 531b : c. gen., δ. τῶν λοιπῶν δένδρων
Gp. 10.37.1
;in a variety of ways,
Phld. D. 3.9 : Comp.
-ώτερον
Id. Mus. p.109K.
2.
δ. ἔχειν differ,
Pl. Phlb. 25e
, etc.; δ. ἔχειν τινί to differ with . .,
D. 33.18
.
3. pre-eminently,
πρᾶος καὶ φιλάνθρωπος τῶν ἄλλων δ. ὤν
Id. 24.196
, cf. J. BJ 2.8.9 ( Sup. ); δ. συναρέσκει
Men. Epit. 333
, cf. Pk. 72 ;excellently, with distinction, ἀγωνίσασθαιSosyl. p.30B. ; δ. ἀπειργασμένος
Plb. 13.7.2
: Comp.
-ώτερον
Hsch.
