differentia

Latin > English

differentia differentiae N F :: difference/diversity/distinction; distinguishing characteristic; different kind

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.