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διαιρέω

diaireo

take apart, cleave in twain, divide

Appears 161 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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