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future διοίσω [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 321, διοίσομαι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 255, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 διήνεγκα, Ionic dialect διήνεικα: aorist 2 διήνεγκον:—carry over or across, δ. ναῦς τὸν Ἰσθμόν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; carry from one to another, διαφέρεις κηρύγματα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 382; [τὸ ἤλεκτρον] διαφέρεται εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 836b6: _metaphorically_, γλῶσσαν διοίσει] Refs 5th c.BC+] will put the tongue in motion, will speak, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 323 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of Time, δ. τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν βίον, go through life, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” [10]; νύκτα [prev. author] “Rh.” 600: _absolutely_, ἄπαις διοίσει [prev. work] 982 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, live, continue, ὑγιηροὶ τἄλλα διαφέρονται [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 56 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοῦ διοίσεται μόνος will pass his life apart from thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; σκοπούμενος διοίσει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.24 (conjecture Dind. for διέσῃ). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 bear through, bear to the end, σκῆπτρα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1195 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γαστρὸς ὄγκον δ., of a woman, [[ [prev. author] “Ion” 15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5: hence, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 bear to the end, go through with, πόλεμον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, bear the burden of war, [[ [prev. author] 6.54 ] Refs]; endure, support, with an adverb, ῥᾷστα γὰρ τὸ σόν τε σὺ κἀγὼ διοίσω τοὐμόν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 321; δ. πότμον δάκρυσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1143 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of patients in disease, δ. ἕως τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων ἡμερέων [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 40; δ. φθειρόμενος [prev. work] 12 (also ἡ νοῦσος δ. ἐννέα ἔτεα [prev. passage]). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II carry different ways, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 570, etc.; δ. ἕκαστα εἰς τὰς χώρας τὰς προσηκούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; toss about, ὅπλισμα.. διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 715 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὰς κόρας to turn the eyes about, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1087. “Or.” 1261 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]:—passive, to be drawn apart, disrupted, opposed to συμφέρεσθαι, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 908.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be tossed about, uncertain in [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.5; δ. ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ NT.Act.27.27, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26. ] NT+1st c.BC+]
__II.2 δ. τινά spread his fame abroad, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.60; εἰς ἅπαντας τὴν ἐκείνου μνήμην δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, φήμη διηνέχθη [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.163c. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 tear asunder, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 754 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; disjoin, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451a34 (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, distract, τὰς ψυχὰς φροντίσιν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133d, compare 97f (_passive_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.46 (_passive_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 δ. τὴν ψῆφον give one's vote a different way, i.e. against another, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.138, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, give each man his vote, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 49, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.74, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 ἐράνους δ., ={διαλύεσθαι}, pay them up, discharge them, [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 22. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.6 defer, reserve for judgement, τὸν αἴτιον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 68 (Lyric poetry, διασπαράσσει Scholia). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.7 plunder, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.90 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, τῶν ἀπὸ [τῆς οἰκίας] φορτίων διενηνεγμένων [[ “PLond.” 1.45.9 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.8 excel, ἀρετῇ τοὺς ἄλλους [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.67, compare 2.5; καλλιτεκνίᾳ πάσας γυναῖκας “Stud.Pont.” 3.123 (from Amasia). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III intransitive, differ, φυᾷ δ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οἱ τεκόντες διαφέρουσιν ἢ τροφα; is it one's parents or nurture that make the difference? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 599 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, to be different from, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 251, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.86, etc.; οὐδὲν διοίσεις Χαιρεφῶντος τὴν φύσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 503, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329d; τὸ δ᾽.. ἀφανίζειν ἱερὰ ἔσθ᾽ ὅτι τοῦ κόπτειν διαφέρε; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147; δ. τὰς μορφάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. εἴς τι, ἔν τινι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.2, 7; παρὰ τὴν Βεβρυκίαν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 1; καθ᾽ ὑπεροχὴν καὶ ἕλλειψιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 486a22; κατὰ τὴν θέσιν [prev. author] “Mete.” 341b24; πρός τι [prev. author] “HA” 505a21; τίνι δ. τὰ ἄρρενα τῶν θηλειῶν.. θεωρείσθω [prev. author] “PA” 684b3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὑχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι δ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 15: with _Article_, τρεῖς μόναι ψῆφοι διήνεγκαν τὸ μὴ θανάτου τιμῆσαι] Refs 2nd c.AD+] three votes made the difference (i.e. majority) against capital punishment, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.167 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also διαφέρει τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ἔργου makes a difference equal to half the effort expended, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 impersonal, διαφέρει it makes a difference, πλεῖστον δ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.22; βραχὺ δ. τοῖς θανοῦσιν εἰ.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1248, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν δ. it makes no odds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89c, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 193; σμικρὸν οἴει διαφέρει; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467c: with _dative_ _person_, δ. μοι] Refs 5th c.BC+] it makes a difference to me, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 316b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδίᾳ τι αὐτῷ δ. he has some private interest at stake, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ ὑμῖν μή τι δ. if you see no objection, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 187d; τί δέ σοι τοῦτο δ. εἴτε.. εἴτε μ; [prev. author] “R.” 349a, compare “Grg.” 497b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, οὐδέ τί οἱ διέφερεν ἀποθανεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with personal construction, πράγματά τινι διαφέροντα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 65 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be of importance, πρός or εἴς τι, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.420,428; τῷ ζῴῳ [prev. author] “UP” 9.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.3 τὸ δ. the difference, the odds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={τὸ συμφέρον} [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 31; περὶ μεγίστων δὴ τῶν -όντων βουλεύεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.5, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀναγκαιότερα τῷ ταμιείῳ δ. vital interests, [[ PThead. 15.17 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ δ. μέρος τῶν ἀποφάσεων the essential part, [[ “POxy.” 1204.11 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ δ. vital matters, [[ NT.Rom.2.18; ἐπιστάμενος τὰ δ. παραβαίνειν τολμᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.19 (but τὰ δ.] NT+5th c.BC+] also simply, points of difference, in character and the like, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70, etc.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 to be different from a person: generally, in point of excess, surpass, excel him (compare above [[ 11.8), τινός variant for{-όντως} in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινί in a thing, [[ [prev. author] 2.39, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 36.6; ἔν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.39; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35b; κατὰ μέγεθος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.10; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, δ. τινὸς μεταβιβάζειν τινά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 517b: sometimes followed by ἤ, πολὺ διέφερεν ἀλέξασθαι ἤ..] Refs 5th c.BC+] it was far better.. than.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.33, compare “Mem.” 3.11.14, “Vect.” 4.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (where it means to differ in point of diminution); also δ. μέγα τι παρὰ τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, excel, ἐπί τινι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.12; τάχει 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.53c; οἱ τόποι διαφέρουσι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.14.9; διαφέρον τι πεπραχέναι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]a remarkable achievement, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.39.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.5 prevail, ἐπὶ πολὺ διήνεγκε [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.6 quarrel, struggle, [[ 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 20; οἱ διαφέροντες ] Refs 5th c.BC+]the parties, litigants, [[ PPar. 69 B10 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III.7 come between, intervene, ὁ διαφέρων χρόνος [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.94. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.8 belong to, τινί, as property, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.207, “PLond.” 3.940.23 (3rd c.AD) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of persons, belong to a household, [[ “PStrassb.” 26.5 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; οἱ -φέροντες kinsfolk, [[ Annuario 4 /5.476 (from Bargylia)] Refs]; appertain to, τῇ ὠνῇ [[ “BGU” 1062.21 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ εἰς τοῦτο -φέροντα πράγματα Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 372v3 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV middle and passive, be at variance, quarrel, τινί [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 72, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 32, etc.; περί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 7b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἀλλήλοις differ with, [[[prev. passage],compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.42; τινὶ περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.4; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.17, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Oxy.” 1607 “fragment” 1 iii 60, etc.; τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους “Supp.epigram” 1.363.5 (Samos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφί τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.17; διενεχθέντας γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ὡς.. maintain on the contrary that.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.46 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ διαφέρομαι, ={οὔ μοι διαφέρει}, [[ [prev. author] 9.8 ] Refs]; μηδὲν διὰ τοῦτο διαφέρου let there be no dispute on this ground, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ -φερόμενοι the litigants, [[ “SIG” 685.29 (Crete, 2nd c.BC).] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —Not in _Epic dialect_
