STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: διακρίνω

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διακρίνω [ρῑ],

future -κρῐνῶ, Epic dialect and Delph. -κρῐνέω[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.387, “SIG” 614.8 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—separate one from another, ὥς τ᾽ αἰπόλια.. αἰπόλοι ἄνδρες ῥεῖα διακρίνωσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.475, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.114 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; part combatants, εἰς ὅ κε δαίμων ἄμμε διακρίνη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.292, etc.; εἰ μὴ νὺξ.. διακρινέει μένος ἀνδρῶν 2.387; δ. φιλέοντε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.179; κρόκην καὶ στήμονας συγκεχυμένους δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 388b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be parted, of hair, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 15: more frequently of combatants, διακρινθήμεναι (_Epic dialect_ _infinitive_ _aorist 1_ _passive_) ἤδη Ἀργείους καὶ Τρῶας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.98, compare 102, 7.306 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: also in future middle, διακρινέεσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.149, 20.180; διακριθέντες ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.18; διακριθῆναι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.105, compare 3.9 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; διακρίνεσθαι πρός.. part and join different parties, [[ [prev. author] 1.18. ] Refs]

__b passive, to be divorced, [[ Leges Gortynensium 2.46. ] Refs]

__2 in Philosophy, separate, decompose into elemental parts, opposed to συγκρίνω, chiefly in passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 12, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985a28, [5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 245, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71b, “Prm.” 157a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__III decide, of judges, ὀρθᾷ δ. φρενί [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.24; δ. δίκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.100; διὰ δὲ κρίνουσι θέμιστας 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, determine a fever, mark its crisis, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ νοῦσος μάλιστα διακρίνει ἐν οὐδενί has usually no crisis in any patient, [[ [prev. author] “Morb.” 2.71; δ. αἵρεσιν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; δ. εἰ.. [prev. author] 7.54; δ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 719:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, νεῖκος δ. get it decided, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 35; τὸ ζητούμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 46b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; decide among yourselves, ταῦτα.. ὅπως ποτ᾽ ἔχει δ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, bring an issue to decision, ἐπέεσσί γε νηπυτίοισι ὧδε διακρινθέντε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.212 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴ τινι τᾶν πολίων ᾖ ἀμφίλλογα, διακριθῆμεν Foed.Doric dialect cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.79; διακριθεῖμεν περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 7c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of combatants, μάχῃ διακριθῆναι πρός τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.58; πρός τινα ὑπέρ τινος LXX.Joel.3(4).2 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ὅπλοις ἢ λόγοις διακρίνεσθαι Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.7; διακρίνεσθαι περὶ τῶν ὅλων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.111.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινί with one, [[ “Ep.” “Jud.” 9: _absolutely_, “PMagd.” 1.15 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also πόλεμος διακριθήσεται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.206 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person, to be judged, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 18. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]