Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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δῐᾰ- (dia-) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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δῐαιρέω (diairéō)

  1. to take apart, cleave in twain, divide
  2. to divide
    1. (middle voice) divide for themselves; divide among themselves
    2. (passive voice)
      1. to break up, opposed to συντιθέναι
      2. to dispense
  3. to distinguish
    1. (middle voice)
      1. to determine, decide
      2. to define expressly
        1. (middle voice, with accusative and infinitive)
      3. (middle voice) to interpret
  4. (logic) to divide; divide a genus into its species
    1. (middle voice)
  5. (mathematics) to divide
  6. to divide words, punctuate in reading; in the language of the Grammarians, resolve a diphthong or contracted form
  7. to allocate revenues
    • Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 573.24, (Cilicia)

Conjugation

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Quotations

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  • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.57, (in the sense “separate out”):
    τὰν πολέμοιο δόσιν ἀκρόθινα διελὼν ἔθυε
    tàn polémoio dósin akróthina dielṑn éthue

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