Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διάφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάφωνος διάφωνον

Structure: διαφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. discordant

Examples

  • Φλεβῶν διασφύξιεσ καὶ ἀναπνοὴ πλεύμονοσ καθ’ ἡλικίην, καὶ σύμφωνα καὶ διάφωνα, καὶ νούσου καὶ ὑγιείησ σημεῖα, καὶ ὑγιείησ μᾶλλον ἢ νούσου καὶ νούσου μᾶλλον ἢ ὑγιείησ‧ τροφὴ γὰρ καὶ πνεῦμα. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xlviii.1)

Synonyms

  1. discordant

Related

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

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