Diairesis
Lindell-Scott Greek Lexicon
9336 diai,resij
diai,resij, ewj( h`, (diaire,w)
a dividing, division, of money, Hdt.; of spoil, Xen.; evn diaire,sei Îyh,fwnĐ in the reckoning of
the votes on either side, Aesch.
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English
Lexicon
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I. to take one from
another, to cleave in twain, to divide into parts, Il., Hdt.;
d. lagon to cut it open, id=Hdt.;
d. pulida to break it open, Thuc.;
d. tên orophên to tear it away, id=Thuc.;
d. tou teichous to take down part of the wall, make
a breach in it, id=Thuc.; to diêirêmenon the breach, id=Thuc.
II. to
divide, duo moiras Ludôn the Lydians
into two parts, Hdt.; so, d. trichê Plat.; eis duo Dem.:--Mid. to divide for
themselves, naus Thuc.: but also to divide among
themselves, Hes., Hdt.:--Pass., diêirêmenoi kat' anapaulas divided into relays, Thuc.
2. to
divide into component parts, Plat.
III. to
distinguish, Ar.
2. to
determine, decide, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
3. to
say distinctly, to define, interpret, Hdt., attic
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