διάφορ-ος, ον,
different, unlike, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.83, 4.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 964a, etc.; παρά τι 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, differing from, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b several, various, κατὰ τὰς δ. ὕλας [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 24; δ. πρόσωπα “POxy.” 1033.88 (4th c.AD),cf. NT.Heb.9.13. ] NT+1st c.BC+]
__c ambiguous, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2 differing or disagreeing with another, πολλοῖς δ. εἰμι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 579 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in hostile sense, at variance with, Κλεομένεϊ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.75; τοῖς οἰκείοις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλήλοις, ἑαυτοῖς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337b, “Lg.” 679b; ἀνώμαλος καὶ δ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 6: with _genitive_, δ. τινος] Refs 5th c.BC+] one's adversary, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.15, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 209.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 162. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 excellent, distinguished, remarkable, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 175.3; δ. γλυκύτητι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.57; πρὸς ἀρετήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative, ὄνομα [[ NT.Heb.1.4. ] NT]