διερός
dieros
active, alive
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διερός, ά, όν, A. active, alive, twice in , οὐκ ἔσθʼ οὗτος ἀνὴρ διερὸς βροτός Od. 6.201, cf. ad loc. (but perh. for δϝῐ-ερός, ‘to be fearedʼ); διερῷ ποδί with nimble foot, 9.43; διερῇ φλογί AP 7.123 ( Laert.). II. after , wet, liquid, ὕδατι διερόν cj. in Fr. 107.14; αἷμα τὸ δ. Eu. 263; τὸ δ., opp. ξηρόν, 4, 12; of the air, opp. λαμπρός, v.l. in Aër. 15; of birds, which float through the air, Nu. 337; δ. μέλεα, of the nightingaleʼs notes, dub. l. in Av. 213; δ. καὶ βαρεῖα γῆ CP 3.23.2; δ. φῦκος Bel. 99.24; τοῦ δ. παγέντος 1.23; δ. κέλευθος, of the sea, 1.184; πώγων δ. [ὀστρέου] AP 9.86 (); διερὰς χαίτας εὐώδεας Fr. 142; δ. μόρος death by drowning, H. 5.345; δ. πῦρ the watery star, i. e. the constellation Eridanus, D. 23.301. (Prop., acc. to GC 330a16 διερὸν μέν ἐστι τὸ ἔχον ἀλλοτρίαν ὑγρότητα ἐπιπολῆς, opp. βεβρεγμένον (soaked through), but cf. σπόγγος ὄξει διερός Eup. 1.141; διερά, = σεσηπότα, ) (In signf. I, perh. cogn. with δίεμαι (but not with βίος): in signf. II, prob. connected with διαίνω.)
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