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.
- ἐὰν δὲ κατὰ συμβεβηκόσ, οἱο͂ν εἰ διαιροῖ τοῦ ὑπόποδοσ τὸ μὲν λευκὸν τὸ δὲ μέλαν, τοσαῦται ὅσαι ἂν αἱ τομαὶ ὦσιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 203:1)
- τοιόνδε, οἱο͂ν εἴ τισ τἀνθρώπινον ἐπιχειρήσασ δίχα διελέσθαι γένοσ διαιροῖ καθάπερ οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε διανέμουσι, τὸ μὲν Ἑλληνικὸν ὡσ ἓν ἀπὸ πάντων ἀφαιροῦντεσ χωρίσ, σύμπασι δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ γένεσιν, ἀπείροισ οὖσι καὶ ἀμείκτοισ καὶ ἀσυμφώνοισ πρὸσ ἄλληλα, βάρβαρον μιᾷ κλήσει προσειπόντεσ αὐτὸ διὰ ταύτην τὴν μίαν κλῆσιν καὶ γένοσ ἓν αὐτὸ εἶναι προσδοκῶσιν· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 33:6)
- εὑρέθη τοίνυν ἐκ τούτων ῥητορικὴ καὶ παρῆλθε φυλακτήριον δικαιοσύνησ καὶ σύνδεσμοσ τοῦ βίου τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, ὅπωσ μὴ ταῖσ χερσὶ, μηδὲ τοῖσ ὅπλοισ, μηδὲ τῷ προλαβεῖν, μηδὲ πλήθει καὶ μεγέθει, μηδ’ ἄλλῳ τῶν ἀνίσων μηδενὶ κρίνοιτο τὰ πράγματα, ἀλλ’ ὁ λόγοσ τὸ δίκαιον ἐφ’ ἡσυχίασ διαιροῖ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 48:1)
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
