διαφορ-έω (diaphoreo)

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Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
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What it meant

διαφορ-έω · diaphor-eō — LSJ

spread abroad, disperse

= διαφέρω, spread abroad, disperse, κλέος εὐρὺ διὰ ξεῖνοι φορέουσι Od. 19.333; σωρὸν . . διαφορῆσαι ῥᾴδιον Diph. 100; τὴν ὑγρότητα Plu. Isid. 2.366c, etc.; πολλὰ τῆς οὐσίας ib. Frat. 484a; δ. κραιπάλῃ τὴν κραιπάλην ib. Sanit. 127f:—Pass., διαπεφορῆσθαι Critias Fr. 62 D.; τὰ διαπεφορημένα τῶν εἰδώλων Arist. Div.Somn. 464b13.

2 carry away

carry away, τοὺς σταυρούς Th. 6.100; esp. as plunder, χρήματα τὰ σὰ διαφορέει Hdt. 1.88; ὧν κοινῇ διαπεφορημένων D. 27.29.

3 plunder, to be robbed

plunder, ἐπαρχίας Plu. Brut. 6, etc.:—Med., PSI 5.522.5 (iii B.C.):—most freq. in Pass., οἶκον διαφορηθέντα Hdt. 3.53; διαφορουμένης τῆς χώρας ὑπὸ λῃστῶν D. 19.315; διαφορεῖσθαι τὴν γνώμην to be robbed of oneʼs wits, Pl. Lg. 672b.

4 tear in pieces

tear in pieces, ἄλλαι δὲ δαμάλας διεφόρουν E. Ba. 730; τινὰς τοξεύμασι Id. HF 571; ὑπὸ κυνῶν τε καὶ ὀρνίθων διαφορεύμενος Hdt. 7.10.θʹ, cf. Ar. Av. 338.

5 break up

Pass., of ice, break up, Gp. 19.6.4.

II carry across from one place to another

= διαφέρω I.1, carry across from one place to another, ἀπὸ τῶν ξυμμάχων προσόδου διαφορουμένης Th. 6.91.

III

Medic. (cf. διαφόρησις, -ητικός):

1 dissipate

dissipate by evaporation, perspiration, etc., in Pass., Aret. SD 2.1, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.68, Gal. 10.657, al.

2 ‘discuss’, disperse

‘discuss’, disperse by drugs or treatment, φύματα Dsc. 5.156, cf. Gal. 10.392: abs., Dsc. 1.30.

3 exhaust by dissipating, weaken

exhaust by dissipating, weaken, καρδιακόν με διαφορεῖ πάθος Diog. Oen.66: metaph., ὁ μερισμὸς δ. καὶ ἐκλύει τὴν ἑκάστου δύναμιν Procl. Inst. 86:—Pass., Gal. 14.735.

IV dispute, debate

Pass., dispute, debate, S.E. M. 1.205.

V

διαφορούμενον ἀξίωμα, v. διφορέω.

In the wild

διαπεφορημένα · diapephorēmena Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 30)
διαφορῆσαι · diaphorēsai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 984)
διαφορουμένων · diaphoroumenōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8966)
διαφορῆσαι · diaphorēsai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3517)
διαφορουμένου · diaphoroumenou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5932)
διαφορουμένου · diaphoroumenou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5932)

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