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διάφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάφορος διάφορον

Structure: διαφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diafe/rw

Sense

  1. different, unlike
  2. differing or disagreeing, at variance with, adversary
  3. distinguished, remarkable
  4. making a difference to one, advantageous, profitable
  5. a difference
  6. what concerns one, a matter of importance
  7. a difference, disagreement
  8. one's balance, expenditure
  9. with a difference, variously, to differ
  10. excellently

Examples

  • Μὴ ἀλλάξῃσ φίλον ἕνεκεν διαφόρου, μηδ̓ ἀδελφὸν γνήσιον ἐν χρυσίῳ Σουφείρ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:18)
  • ΧΑΡΙΝ διαφόρου πολλοὶ ἥμαρτον, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν πληθῦναι ἀποστρέψει ὀφθαλμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 27:1)
  • περὶ διαφόρου πράσεωσ ἐμπόρων καὶ περὶ παιδείασ τέκνων πολλῆσ καὶ οἰκέτῃ πονηρῷ πλευρὰν αἱμάξαι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 42:5)
  • ὃσ γέ φησι καὶ ἅλασ Ἀμμωνιακὸν ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου ἀναπέμπεσθαι βασιλεῖ καὶ ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ Νείλου, ἐλαίου δὲ τοῦ ὠμοτριβοῦσ καλουμένου μέμνηται Θεόφραστοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ὀδμῶν, φάσκων αὐτὸ γίνεσθαι ἐκ τῶν φαυλιῶν ἐλαιῶν καὶ ἐξ ἀμυγδάλων, τοῦ δὲ ἐν Θουρίοισ γινομένου ἐλαίου ὡσ διαφόρου μνημονεύει Ἄμφισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 74 2:1)
  • μνημονεύει δέ που καὶ τοῦ ἐκ Κλεωνῶν ὄξουσ ὡσ διαφόρου · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 76 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. different

  2. distinguished

  3. making a difference to one

  4. a difference

  5. a difference

  6. excellently

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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