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διανέμω

dianemo

distribute, apportion

Appears 59 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διανέμω, late fut. -νεμήσω App. BC 5.3: aor. διένειμα X. Cyr. 4.5.45, etc.; aor. regul. -ένειμα, but inf. διανεμῆσαι Did.in D.9.21: pf. -νενέμηκα X. Cyr. 4.5.45:—Α. distribute, apportion, τοῖς μὲν τιμάς, τοῖς δὲ ἀτιμίας Pl. Lg. 830e, etc.; ἐπὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἕκαστα ἐκμαγεῖα Id. Tht. 194d; δ. μέρη divide into portions, Id. Lg. 756c, cf. Ti. 35b; ἡ χώρα κατὰ δώδεκα μέρη διανενέμηται Id. Lg. 758e; δ. ἑαυτόν distribute oneself among friends, Arist. EN 1171a3; δ. ἴσον αὑτόν [ὁ Πλοῦτος] Ar. Pl. 510; ὁ διανέμων the distributor, Arist. EN 1136b26; assign, Pl. Cra. 430b, Arist. Cael. 306b31:—Med., divide among themselves, τὰ κοινά And. 1.135; τὴν ἀρχήν Pl. Grg. 523a; δ. τὰ τῶν πλουσίων Arist. Pol. 1281a15; also διανειμάμενοι δίχʼ ἑαυτούς Pl.Com. 153.2:—Pass., δ. εἰς τὸν λαόν to be spread abroad, Act.Ap. 4.17. II. set in order, govern, ἄστυ Pi. P. 4.261, cf. 8.62.
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