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διαφορά

διαφορά, difference, distinction

διαφορ-ά, ἡ, (διαφέρω)
  • moving hither and thither, πεσσῶν διαφοραί moves, E. Fr. 360.9.
      • 2 dislocation, τοῦ ὤμου Heliod. ap. Orib. 40.8.4, 49.9 tit.
    • II difference, Th. 3.10 (pl.), etc.; περί τι D.H. Comp. 15; θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον Plu. Comm.not. 2.1075c; διαφορὰν ἔχειν to differ, Men. 426.
      • 2 in Logic, the differentia of a species, ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη Arist. Metaph. 1057b7, cf. Top. 139a29: hence in pl. of species or kinds, Id. Pol. 1285a1, 1289a20, Thphr. HP 6.4.5; εἴδη καὶ δ. Plu. QConv. 2.719e; also κατὰ διαφορὰν ποιός Stoic. 2.128, al.
    • III variance, disagreement, Hdt. 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τινί E. Med. 75: pl., τὰς διαφορὰς διαιρέειν, καταλαμβάνειν, settle the differences, Hdt. 4.23, 7.9.βʹ; δ. θέσθαι καλῶς And. 1.140; διαφοραὶ πρός τινας Pl. Phdr. 231b; δ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Lys. 25.10; ἐν δ. καταστῆναί τινι Antipho 1.1; δ. φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ ποιητικῇ Pl. R. 607b.
    • IV distinction, excellence, Id. Ti. 23a; ναυπηγίας Plb. 1.51.4.
    • V advantage, profit, Antipho 2.3.3; πᾶν τὸ πῖπτον εἰς διαφορᾶς λόγον, valuables, Agatharch. 102.
    • VI vote, division, in an assembly, δ. ποιήσασθαι IG 12(2).526a18 (Eresus).
    • VII delay, PMagd. 11.10 (iii B. C.).
    • VIII δ. διανοίας being beside oneself, Dsc. Ther. 7.

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