διαίρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δῐαείρω (diaeírō)
    • Orác. en Porph., Fr. 314.28

Etymology

δῐᾰ- (dia-) + αἴρω (aírō)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

δῐαίρω • (diaírō)

  1. to raise up, lift up; (figuratively) to exaggerate
    1. (middle voice) to rise, become prominent; to lift up oneself; to lift up (what is one’s own)
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Glands 16, (of the breasts)
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Universe 391a.3:
        πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέαν
        pròs tḕn tôn hólōn théan
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Lysander 15:
        δ. τὴν βακτηρίαν
        d. tḕn baktērían
      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Toxaris 40:
        τοὺς ἄκοντας
        toùs ákontas
      • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Plato, Axiochus 370b, (dubia lectio):
        τόσον δ.
        tóson d.
        take so much on oneself
    2. (passive voice)
      • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.510.619:
        δ. πρός, εἰς ὕψος
        d. prós, eis húpsos
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.116e, (metaphorical):
        πρὸς ἀλαζονείαν
        pròs alazoneían
  2. to separate, remove
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Agesilaus 15:
      τὸν πόλεμον ἀπό…
      tòn pólemon apó…
    1. (middle voice)
      • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 3.6:
        διαράμενος (scilicet τοὺς πόδας)
        diarámenos (scilicet toùs pódas)
        with long strides
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 19.112.207:
        δ. τὸ στόμα
        d. tò stóma
        open one’s mouth
    2. (by extension, rhetoric, διηρμένος) lofty, sublime
  3. (intransitive, scilicet ἑαυτόν, etc.) to lift oneself over, cross

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