διαιρετικός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν,

   A logically distinguishable, Pl.Sph.226c.    2 able to divide, separative, Arist.Pr.884b35; δ. δύναμις Plu.2.1026d, cf. 952b.    3 given to resolving diphthongs, -κώτατοι οἱ Ἴωνες A.D.Pron.95.4.    4 suited for breaking up, λίθων Gal.19.694.    II in Logic, by means of division, ὅροι Arist.APo.91b39; διαιρετική, ἡ, as a branch of Dialectic, Ammon.in APr.7.31, cf. Iamb.Comm.Math.20; δ. μέθοδος Gal.10.115; δ. συλλογισμός disjunctive syllogism, with contradictory alternatives, Stoic.2.87. Adv. -κῶς Plu.2.802f.    III Rhet., concerned with distribution under heads, τέχνη Hermog.Inv.3.4, cf. Stat.6, Lib. Decl.49Intr.2.