διορ-ίζω (diorizo)

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De longitudine et brevitate vitae 2 · 11.36/10k
Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 2 · 10.88/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 3 · 10.09/10k
Eudemian Ethics 25 · 9.58/10k
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Against Phaenippus 2 · 9.01/10k
Statesman 14 · 8.26/10k
Categories 7 · 6.97/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 5 · 6.4/10k
Nicocles or the Cyprians 2 · 5.36/10k
Against Nicomachus 1 · 5.32/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διορ-ίζω · dior-izō — LSJ

draw a boundary through, delimit, separate

draw a boundary through, delimit, separate, Hdt. 4.42; τὴν Εὐρώπην ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίης D.S. 1.55; δίχα δ. Pl. Sph. 267a: metaph., οὐ στενῷ τῷ ἰσθμῷ διώρισται ἡ ἱστορία πρὸς τὸ ἐγκώμιον Luc. Hist.Conscr. 7.

2 distinguish, determine, define, define, pronounce clearly

distinguish, determine, define, τὰ οὐνόματα Hdt. 4.45; θεοῖσι . . γέρα τίς ἄλλος ἢ ʼγὼ . . διώρισεν; A. Pr. 440; πτῆσιν οἰωνῶν . . διώρισα, of auguries, ib. 489; σῖτον δʼ εἰδέναι δ. so as to know it, Id. Fr. 182; γλυκὺν οἶνον καὶ οἰνώδεα Hp. Acut. 50; δ. ἀκούσιά τε καὶ ἑκούσια Pl. Lg. 860e, cf. Cra. 391d; δ. περὶ ἐνεργείας τί ἐστιν Arist. Metaph. 1048a26; define logically, δ. κατὰ τὰς διαφοράς Id. Top. 146b20, cf. EN 1103a3 (Pass.), etc.:—Med., διορίζεσθαι τῷ στόματι τὰ γράμματα pronounce clearl

3 determine, declare, determine, to be, it being prescribed, will give precepts

determine, declare, τοιαῦτα φῆμαι μαντικαὶ διώρισαν S. OT 723: c. inf., determine one to be so and so, καθαρὸν διώρισεν εἶναι D. 20.158: with inf. omitted, οἱ συγγενεῖς μῆνές με μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν διώρισαν S. OT 1083:— Med., δηλοῖ καὶ δ. ὅτι . . D. 18.40; διορισαμένων ὅπως . . Id. 56.11; διορίσασθαι τίς αἱρετώτατος βίος Arist. Pol. 1323a15: pf. Pass. in med. sense, ἃ χρὴ ποιεῖν διωρίσμεθα D. 24.192:—Pass., διώρισται ὁπότερον . . And. 4.8; διωρισμένον it being prescribed, Lys. 30.4; τὸν νόμον ὡς ἐτ

4 draw distinctions, lay down definitions, didst settle the conditions of

draw distinctions, lay down definitions, οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν διορίζων D. 21.104; τοῦτό μοι . . διόρισον Pl. Grg. 488d:—mostly in Med., δ. περί τινος And. 3.12, Isoc. 3.5, Arist. Ph. 200b15; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. Grg. 457c; δίκην διωρίσω didst settle the conditions of the trial, Ar. Ach. 364.

II remove across the frontier, banish, carry abroad

remove across the frontier, banish, ἔξω τῶν ὅρων Pl. Lg. 873e; τὸν ἐνθένδε πόλεμον εἰς τὴν ἤπειρον Isoc. 4.174; τινὰ ὑπὲρ θυμέλας E. Ion 46: generally, carry abroad, στράτευμα Τροίαν ἔπι Id. Hel. 394; δ. πόδα to depart, ib. 828.

III send out a branch

send out a branch, of the Bosporus, Plb. 4.43.7.

IV to be discontinuous

Pass., to be discontinuous, opp. συνάπτω, Arist. Cat. 4b28; διωρισμένος, opp. συνεχής, ib. 20.

In the wild

διώρισεν · diōrisen Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 439–440
διώριςʼ · diōrisʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 488–492
διωρίσω · diōrisō Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 277)
διορισθέντα · dioristhenta Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1669)
διορίσωμεν · diorisōmen Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1537)
διωρίσθω · diōristhō Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1550)

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