διορ-ίζω,
Ionic dialect διουρίζω, Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 860e: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future middle in passive sense (see. below [[ 1.3)] Refs]:—draw a boundary through, delimit, separate, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42; τὴν Εὐρώπην ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίης 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.55; δίχα δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 267a: _metaphorically_, οὐ στενῷ τῷ ἰσθμῷ διώρισται ἡ ἱστορία πρὸς τὸ ἐγκώμιον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 distinguish, determine, define, τὰ οὐνόματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.45; θεοῖσι.. γέρα τίς ἄλλος ἢ 'γὼ.. διώρισε; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 440; πτῆσιν οἰωνῶν.. διώρισα, of auguries, [prev. work] 489 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῖτον δ᾽ εἰδέναι δ. so as to know it, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 182; γλυκὺν οἶνον καὶ οἰνώδεα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 50; δ. ἀκούσιά τε καὶ ἑκούσια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 860e, compare “Cra.” 391d; δ. περὶ ἐνεργείας τί ἐστιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1048a26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; define logically, δ. κατὰ τὰς διαφοράς [[ [prev. author] “Top.” 146b20, compare “EN” 1103a3 (_passive_)] Refs], etc.:—middle, διορίζεσθαι τῷ στόματι τὰ γράμματα pronounce clearly, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 301. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 determine, declare, τοιαῦτα φῆμαι μαντικαὶ διώρισαν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 723 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, determine one to be so and so, καθαρὸν διώρισεν εἶναι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.158 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive omitted, οἱ συγγενεῖς μῆνές με μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν διώρισαν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1083:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, δηλοῖ καὶ δ. ὅτι.. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διορισαμένων ὅπως.. [[ [prev. author] 56.11; διορίσασθαι τίς αἱρετώτατος βίος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1323a15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect passive in middle sense, ἃ χρὴ ποιεῖν διωρίσμεθα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.192:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, διώρισται ὁπότερον.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.8; διωρισμένον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]it being prescribed, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.4; τὸν νόμον ὡς ἐτέθη καὶ πρὸς οὓς διωρίσθη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.93; ἐν τῷ διωρισμένῳ χρόνῳ “PTeb.” 105.33 (2nd c.BC), etc.: _impersonal_, διοριεῖται περί τινος] Refs 5th c.BC+] we will give precepts about.., [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 9; ἐν οἷς [λόγοις] διώρισται περὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282b20, compare “EN” 1136a10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]