διαίρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
διαίρω
διαρῶ
Structure:
δι
(Prefix)
+
ἀίρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to raise up, lift up
- to separate, remove, taking long strides
- to open
Conjugation
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.
- ἀντὶ δὲ τούτου πτέρυγασ ἐν τοῖσ γιγγλύμοισ προσθετέον ὅπωσ, ὅταν μὲν διαίρηται, ὁμοίωσ ἀναπτύσσωνται, ὅταν δὲ καταίρηται, ἐπικλείωνται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 7:3)
- ὅταν γὰρ ἅπτηται ἢ διαιρῆται τὰ σώματα, ἅμα ὁτὲ μὲν μία ἁπτομένων ὁτὲ δὲ δύο διαιρουμένων γίγνονται· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 3 151:3)
- στοιχεῖον λέγεται ἐξ οὗ σύγκειται πρώτου ἐνυπάρχοντοσ ἀδιαιρέτου τῷ εἴδει εἰσ ἕτερον εἶδοσ, οἱο͂ν φωνῆσ στοιχεῖα ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται ἡ φωνὴ καὶ εἰσ ἃ διαιρεῖται ἔσχατα, ἐκεῖνα δὲ μηκέτ’ εἰσ ἄλλασ φωνὰσ ἑτέρασ τῷ εἴδει αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ κἂν διαιρῆται, τὰ μόρια ὁμοειδῆ, οἱο͂ν ὕδατοσ τὸ μόριον ὕδωρ, ἀλλ’ οὐ τῆσ συλλαβῆσ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 33:1)
- ἐὰν δέ τισ ὧν νυνδὴ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον πρῶτον μὲν διαιρῆται χωρὶσ αὐτὰ καθ’ αὑτὰ τὰ εἴδη, οἱο͂ν ὁμοιότητά τε καὶ ἀνομοιότητα καὶ πλῆθοσ καὶ τὸ ἓν καὶ στάσιν καὶ κίνησιν καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα, εἶτα ἐν ἑαυτοῖσ ταῦτα δυνάμενα συγκεράννυσθαι καὶ διακρίνεσθαι ἀποφαίνῃ, ἀγαίμην ἂν ἔγωγ’, ἔφη, θαυμαστῶσ, ὦ Ζήνων. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 39:3)
Synonyms
-
to raise up
- βασάζω (to lift, lift up, raise)
- ἐπανατέλλω (to lift up, raise)
- αἰωρέω (to lift up, raise, raising)
- ἐπαίρω (to lift, raise)
- ἀναβαστάζω (to raise or lift up, carry)
- ὑψόω (to lift high, raise up)
- ἀείρω (to lift up, raise, support)
- ἀκταίνω (to lift up, raise, to raise)
- ἀερτάζω (to lift up)
- ἀνεγείρω (to raise)
- κουφίζω (to make light, to lift up, raise)
- ἐπαναίρω (to lift up, to raise one against another, to rise up)
-
to separate
- βιβάω (to stride, takes, strides)
-
to open
