differentia
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
diffĕrentĭa: ae, f. differo,
I a difference, diversity (cf.: discrepantia, distantia, discrimen, diversitas, variatio—good prose, esp. freq. in Quint.).
(a) With gen.: honesti et decori, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94: naturarum, id. ib. 1, 31, 112: morum, Petr. 84, 1: personarum, locorum temporumque, Quint. 12, 10, 70: nostri Graecique sermonis, id. 9, 4, 146 et saep.—In plur.: Graeci sermonis, Quint. 11, 2, 50.—
(b) With in: quanta differentia est in principiis naturalibus, Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 19; Quint. 3, 7, 25; 3, 8, 37; 7, 2, 48 et saep.—
(g) Absol.: ut facies infinitam habet differentiam, Quint. 11, 3, 18; so id. 9, 4, 45.—
II Esp. a species: genus est notio ad pluris differentias pertinens, Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.: definitionem omnem ex genere et differentia consistere, Gell. 4, 1, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
diffĕrentĭa,¹² æ, f. (differo), différence : Cic. Off. 1, 94 || pl., Cic. Fin. 4, 28 ; Quint. 11, 2, 50 || [en part.] pl. differentiæ Cic. Top. 31, objets distincts, espèces ; sing., différence spécifique, caractère distinctif : Cic. Top. 31 ; Gell. 4, 1, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
differentia, ae, f. (differo), I) der Unterschied, die Verschiedenheit (Ggstz. consonantia, Gell. 13, 21 [20], 5), Cic. u.a.: Plur., Sen. ep. 94, 35. Gell. 1, 3, 29. Apul. apol. 38. – II) insbes., die Spezies (Ggstz. genus), Cic. top. 31. Gell. 4, 1, 10: Plur., Gell. 4, 1, 9.
