διοράω

diorao

see through, see clearly

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 4
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Book IV 1
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423e6
Book VII 1
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519a3
Book IX 1
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577a5
Book X 1
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611c5
Epinomis 1
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984e4
Laws 1
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Book VI 1
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773d4
Parmenides 1
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136c5

Dictionary (LSJ)

διοράω, aor. 2 διεῖδον, inf. διϊδεῖν, (on the Homeric usage v. δια-είδω) A. see through, see clearly, X. An. 5.2.30; δ. τὸ ἀληθές Pl. Prm. 136c, etc. —Pass., διειδομένη ἐν ὕδατι νῆσος Call. Del. 191; ἀτραπὸς . . διειδομένη πεδίοιο seen through or across the plain, A.R. 1.546. II. distinguish, see thoroughly, discern , τι Ar. Nu. 168, Pl. Phdr. 264c; λόγος οὐ ῥᾴδιος διϊδεῖν Id. Phd. 62bτοὺς . . κολακεύοντας καὶ τοὺς . . θεραπεύοντας Isoc. 2.28; τὰς φύσεις τῶν ἀνθρώπων Id. 3.16; πότε ὑπάρχει καὶ πότε οὔ, οὐ ῥᾴδιον διιδεῖν Arist. Mete. 390a20; δόξας διορᾶν Epicur. Nat. 15.24, cf. 11.8.

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