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διαίρω

diairo

raise up, lift up

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Where it lives

Statesman 4 · 2.36/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
On the False Embassy 2 · 0.87/10k
Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

διαίρω · diairō — LSJ

raise up, lift up, exaggerate, rise, become prominent, lift up oneself, lift up what is oneʼs own, take, on oneself

raise up, lift up, δ. ἄνω τὸν αὐχένα X. Eq. 10.3: metaph., exaggerate, τὰ πράγματα Ph. 2.575:—Med., rise, become prominent, of the breasts, Hp. Gland. 16; lift up oneself, πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέαν Arist. Mu. 391a3: c. acc., lift up what is oneʼs own, δ. τὴν βακτηρίαν Plu. Lys. 15; τοὺς ἄκοντας Luc. Tox. 40; τόσον δ. take so much on oneself, dub. l. in Pl. Ax. 370b:—Pass., δ. πρός, εἰς ὕψος, Ph. 2.510, 619: metaph., πρὸς ἀλαζονείαν Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.116e.

II separate, remove, with long strides

separate, remove, τὸν πόλεμον ἀπό . . Plu. Ages. 15:— Med., διαράμενος (sc. τοὺς πόδας) with long strides, Thphr. Char. 3.6.

2 open, lofty, sublime

δ. τὸ στόμα open oneʼs mouth, D. 19.112,207: hence Rhet., διηρμένος lofty, sublime, D.H. Rh. 6.6, Vett.Cens. 5.3, Longin. 2.2, Hermog. Id. 2.9; λέξις ib. 1.1; ποιητική Luc. Hist.Conscr. 45.

III lift oneself over, cross

intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν, etc.), lift oneself over, cross, τὸ πέλαγος, of swans, Arist. Fr. 344; τὸν πόρον Plb. 1.37.1; εἰς Σαρδόνα ib. 24.5, etc.; τὴν ἀκτήν D.H. l.c.

In the wild

διήρκεσαν · diērkesan Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 842
διαραμένη · diaramenē Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 1)
διᾶραι · diarai Demosthenes, Against Midias 67 (DIORISIS sentence 199)
διῆρε · diēre Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.207 (DIORISIS sentence 710)
διῆρε · diēre Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Proof.112 (DIORISIS sentence 380)
διηρμένος · diērmenos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4619)

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