διαίρω

• δῐαείρω (dĭaeírō)
  • Orác. en Porph., Fr. 314.28

δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) +‎ αἴρω (aírō)

δῐαίρω • (dĭaírō)

1. to raise up, lift up; (figuratively) to exaggerate
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, On Horsemanship 10..3:

     δ. ἄνω τὸν αὐχένα

     d. ánō tòn aukhéna

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   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.575:

     τὰ πράγματα

     tà prágmata

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   1. (middle voice) to rise, become prominent; to lift up oneself; to lift up (what is one’s own)
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Glands 16, (of the breasts)
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Universe 391a.3:

        πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέαν

        pròs tḕn tôn hólōn théan

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      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Lysander 15:

        δ. τὴν βακτηρίαν

        d. tḕn baktērían

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      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Toxaris 40:

        τοὺς ἄκοντας

        toùs ákontas

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      • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Plato, Axiochus 370b, (dubia lectio):

        τόσον δ.

        tóson d.

        take so much on oneself

   2. (passive voice)
      • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.510.619:

        δ. πρός, εἰς ὕψος

        d. prós, eis húpsos

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      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.116e, (metaphorical):

        πρὸς ἀλαζονείαν

        pròs alazoneían

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2. to separate, remove
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Agesilaus 15:

     τὸν πόλεμον ἀπό…

     tòn pólemon apó…

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   1. (middle voice)
      • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 3.6:

        διαράμενος (scilicet τοὺς πόδας)

        diarámenos (scilicet toùs pódas)

        with long strides

      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 19.112.207:

        δ. τὸ στόμα

        d. tò stóma

        open one’s mouth

   2. (by extension, rhetoric, διηρμένος) lofty, sublime
      • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Art of Rhetoric 6.6
      • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, de Veterum Censura 5.3
      • 213 CE – 273 CE, Cassius Longinus, Collected Works 2.2
      • 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Types of Style 2.9
      • 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Types of Style 1.1:

        λέξις

        léxis

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      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, How to Write History 45:

        ποιητική

        poiētikḗ

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3. (intransitive, scilicet ἑαυτόν, etc.) to lift oneself over, cross
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Fragments 344, (of swans):

     τὸ πέλαγος

     tò pélagos

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   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.37.1:

     τὸν πόρον

     tòn póron

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   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 24.5:

     εἰς Σαρδόνα

     eis Sardóna

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   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.35:

     τὴν ἀκτήν

     tḕn aktḗn

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• “διαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαίρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαίρω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)