Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διαιρετός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διαιρετός διαιρετή διαιρετόν

Structure: διαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diaire/w

Sense

  1. divided, separated, distributed
  2. distinguishable

Examples

  • λέγεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου καὶ δηλοῦται τὸ ἕν, ἐκ τοῦ διαιρετοῦ τὸ ἀδιαίρετον, διὰ τὸ μᾶλλον αἰσθητὸν τὸ πλῆθοσ εἶναι καὶ τὸ διαιρετὸν ἢ τὸ ἀδιαίρετον, ὥστε τῷ λόγῳ πρότερον τὸ πλῆθοσ τοῦ ἀδιαιρέτου διὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 10 45:1)

Synonyms

  1. divided

  2. distinguishable

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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