διαφορά
diaphora
moving hither and thither
Appears 693 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διαφορά, ἡ, (διαφέρω) A. 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. 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. 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.β; 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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