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διαφορ-ά

diaphora · ἡ

moving hither and thither

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Where it lives

Metaphysics 105 · 13.37/10k
De Insomniis 3 · 12.57/10k
De longitudine et brevitate vitae 2 · 11.36/10k
Categories 11 · 10.95/10k
Against Onetor 1 2 · 8.52/10k
Euthyphro 4 · 7.74/10k
Enneads 164 · 7.73/10k
Ars Poetica 7 · 6.92/10k
Politics 41 · 6.28/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 30 · 5.4/10k
Against Spudias 1 · 5.16/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 4 · 5.12/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαφορ-ά · diaphor-a — LSJ

moving hither and thither, moves

moving hither and thither, πεσσῶν διαφοραί moves, E. Fr. 360.9.

2 dislocation

dislocation, τοῦ ὤμου Heliod. ap. Orib. 40.8.4, 49.9 tit.

II difference, differ

difference, Th. 3.10 (pl.), etc.; περί τι D.H. Comp. 15; θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον Plu. Comm.not. 2.1075c; διαφορὰν ἔχειν to differ, Men. 426.

2 the differentia, species, kinds

in Logic, the differentia of a species, ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη Arist. Metaph. 1057b7, cf. Top. 139a29: hence in pl. of species or kinds, Id. Pol. 1285a1, 1289a20, Thphr. HP 6.4.5; εἴδη καὶ δ. Plu. QConv. 2.719e; also κατὰ διαφορὰν ποιός Stoic. 2.128, al.

III variance, disagreement, the differences

variance, disagreement, Hdt. 1.1; δ. ἔχειν τινί E. Med. 75: pl., τὰς διαφορὰς διαιρέειν, καταλαμβάνειν, settle the differences, Hdt. 4.23, 7.9.βʹ; δ. θέσθαι καλῶς And. 1.140; διαφοραὶ πρός τινας Pl. Phdr. 231b; δ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Lys. 25.10; ἐν δ. καταστῆναί τινι Antipho 1.1; δ. φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ ποιητικῇ Pl. R. 607b.

IV distinction, excellence

distinction, excellence, Id. Ti. 23a; ναυπηγίας Plb. 1.51.4.

V advantage, profit, valuables

advantage, profit, Antipho 2.3.3; πᾶν τὸ πῖπτον εἰς διαφορᾶς λόγον, valuables, Agatharch. 102.

VI vote, division

vote, division, in an assembly, δ. ποιήσασθαι IG 12(2).526a18 (Eresus).

VII delay

delay, PMagd. 11.10 (iii B. C.).

VIII being beside oneself

δ. διανοίας being beside oneself, Dsc. Ther. 7.

In the wild

διαφορὰν · diaphoran Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2348)
διαφορῶν · diaphorōn Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2360)
διαφορὰ · diaphora Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1857)
διαφορά · diaphora Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2350)
διαφοραί · diaphorai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1716)
διαφοραὶ · diaphorai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2348)

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