The corpus record

διορ-άω

diorao

see through, see clearly

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Where it lives

To Nicocles 1 · 3.32/10k
Nicocles or the Cyprians 1 · 2.68/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Panegyricus 1 · 0.93/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Republic 4 · 0.45/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

διορ-άω · dior-aō — LSJ

see through, see clearly, seen through, across

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

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.

In the wild

διορᾶν · dioran Isocrates, Nicocles or the Cyprians 16 (DIORISIS sentence 34)
διορῶντας · diorōntas Isocrates, Panegyricus 11 (DIORISIS sentence 12)
διόρα · diora Isocrates, To Nicocles 28 (DIORISIS sentence 75)
διορώμενον · diorōmenon Plato, Epinomis 985
διορᾶν · dioran Plato, Laws 773
διόψεσθαι · diopsesthai Plato, Parmenides 136

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Where it came from

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