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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative διάφορος διάφορον
Genitive διαφόρου διαφόρου
Dative διαφόρῳ διαφόρῳ
Accusative διάφορον διάφορον
Vocative διάφορε διάφορον
DualN/A/V διαφόρω διαφόρω
G/D διαφόροιν διαφόροιν
PluralNominative διάφοροι διάφορα
Genitive διαφόρων διαφόρων
Dative διαφόροις διαφόροις
Accusative διαφόρους διάφορα
Vocative διάφοροι διάφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective διάφορος διαφόρου διαφορότερος διαφοροτέρου διαφορότατος διαφοροτάτου
Adverb διαφόρως διαφορότερον διαφορότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ προετικὸν εἶναι χρημάτων εἰσ τὰ ἐπαινετά, καὶ δαψιλῆ ἐπὶ τῷ εἰσ τὰ δέοντα ἀναλωθῆναι, καὶ τὸ βοηθητικὸν εἶναι ἐν τῷ διαφόρῳ, καὶ τὸ μὴ λαβεῖν ὅθεν μὴ δεῖ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 24:1)
  • Αἰνείᾳ τε οἱ πατρῷοι θεοὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ νυκτὸσ φανέντεσ παρακελεύονται πείθειν Λατῖνον ἑκόντα παρασχεῖν σφίσι τὴν οἴκησιν ἐν ᾧ βούλονται χωρίῳ, καὶ χρήσασθαι δυνάμει Ἑλληνικῇ συμμάχῳ μᾶλλον ἢ διαφόρῳ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 57 6:2)
  • Ιἀπύγων δ’ ἐν πόλει Σαλαπίᾳ, Λιβύων ὑπηκόῳ, δύο ἤστην ἄνδρε τῶν μὲν ἄλλων γένει καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ δυνάμει διαφέροντε, ἀλλήλοιν δ’ ἐκ πολλοῦ διαφόρω. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 5:1)
  • ἡῖ μὲν τοίνυν ἐστὸν διαφόρω καὶ δύο, σὺ παρ’ ἐμοῦ ἀπείληφασ τῷ λόγῳ· (Plato, Laws, book 12 158:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἤστην διαφόρω. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 18 7:6)

Synonyms

  1. different

  2. distinguished

  3. making a difference to one

  4. a difference

  5. a difference

  6. excellently

Related

Similar forms

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

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