διαιρέω
diaireo
take apart, cleave in twain, divide
Appears 583 times across Aristotle's works.
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Physics 75 ▸
Open Physics › Book I 7 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 2 ▸
Book VI 31 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Book VIII 15 ▸
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Metaphysics 67 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 2 ▸
Book Β 5 ▸
Chapter 5 1001b26–1002b11
Book Γ 4 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18
Book Δ 8 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10
Chapter 28 1024a29–1024b16
Book Ε 1 ▸
Book Ζ 14 ▸
Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25
Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35
Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33
Book Θ 9 ▸
Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36
Chapter 10 1051a34–1052a11
Book Ι 7 ▸
Chapter 8 1057b35–1058a28
Book Κ 5 ▸
Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11
Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14
Book Λ 4 ▸
Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35
Book Μ 7 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16
Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37
Book Ν 1 ▸
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Politics 59 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 3 ▸
Book II 11 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Book III 5 ▸
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32
Book IV 10 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2
Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12
Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VI 9 ▸
Book VII 16 ▸
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Book VIII 4 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34
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Parts of Animals 50 ▸
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History of Animals 40 ▸
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Topics 37 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 7 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book III 3 ▸
Book VI 13 ▸
Book VIII 10 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 32 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 27 ▸
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Rhetoric 25 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 9 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 7 ▸
Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28
Book III 9 ▸
Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25
Chapter 13 1414a31–1414b18
Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9
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On the Heavens 22 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 16 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 3 ▸
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14
Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Book VII 5 ▸
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Book VIII 1 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 16 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7
Book V 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24
Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20
Book VI 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
Book VIII 3 ▸
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33
Book IX 1 ▸
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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De Anima 15 ▸
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Generation of Animals 13 ▸
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Meteorology 13 ▸
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Mechanica 12 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 9 ▸
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Prior Analytics 7 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 7 ▸
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Oeconomica 6 ▸
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Physiognomonics 6 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 6 ▸
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Progression of Animals 5 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 3 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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Poetics 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
διαιρέω, A. take apart, cleave in twain, divide, διὰ δʼ ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος Il. 20.280; παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών Hdt. 1.119; δ. λαγόν cut it open, ib.123; δ. πυλίδα break it open, Th. 4.110, 6.51; δ. τὴν ὀροφήν tear away, pull down, Id. 4.48; τοὺς σταυρούς X. An. 5.2.21; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, Th. 2.75; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, ib.76,5.3; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, Arist. HA 556a18; διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν Phld. Sign. 1. II. divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, Hdt. 1.94, cf. 4.148; δύο μερίδας D. 48.12; δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν Pl. Phdr. 253c; δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον Arist. Sens. 440b5; εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ Id. HA 486a5 (Pass.):—Med., divide for themselves, κατʼ ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, Th. 4.11; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, Lib. Or. 52.4; divide among themselves, τιμάς Hes. Th. 112; τὴν ληΐην Hdt. 9.85; κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον Th. 7.19; τἀδικήματα D. 45.38: abs., δ. κατὰ πόλεις Th. 5.114:—Pass., διῃρημένοι κατʼ ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, Id. 2.75; διαιρήσομαι as fut. Pass., Pl. Plt. 261c; διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο D. 10.51. 2. break up, opp. συντιθέναι, Pl. Phd. 78c, etc. 3. dispense, φάρμακον Plu. 2.73b. III. distinguish, τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν Arist. Pol. 1295a8, etc.; δ. πότερα . . X. Oec. 7.26: abs., Ar. Nu. 742:—Med., Pl. Tht. 182c; δ. τοὺς ἀμείνους καὶ τοὺς χείρονας Id. Lg. 950c; δ. περί τινος Id. Chrm. 163d. 2. determine, decide, διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες Hdt. 4.23; δίκας A. Eu. 472; τοῦτο πρᾶγμα ib.488; ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι ib.630; τὰ ἀμφίλογα X. Vect. 3.3, cf. Pl. R. 571a, Prt. 314b, al.; κλήρῳ δ. τὸν νικῶντα Id. Lg. 946b; δ. περί τινος Arist. Ph. 239b13, etc.; διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη, etc., Id. Pol. 1300b18, etc.: abs., Ar. Ra. 1100; also δ. εἴτε E. Ba. 206 codd. 3. define expressly, Hdt. 7.16.γʹ and 103:—Med., c. acc. et inf., Id. 7.47. 4. Med., interpret, τέρας, δημεῖον, D.H. 4.60, 9.6. IV. in Logic, divide, δ. κατʼ εἴδη τὰ ὄντα Pl. Phdr. 273e; divide a genus into its species, Arist. APo. 96b15, al.:—Med., Id. PA 642b5. V. Math., divide, Pl. Lg. 895e (Pass.); διελόντι, dividendo, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.6, al. VI. divide words, punctuate in reading, Isoc. 12.17, Arist. Rh. 1401a24 (Pass.); Gramm., resolve a diphthong or contracted form, διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς A.D. Pron. 38.17, cf. Corn. ND 5, Hdn. Philet.p.456P. (Pass.). VII. allocate revenues, OGI 573.24 (Cilicia).
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