διάφορος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=διάφορον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[different]], [[unlike]], Hdt.2.83, 4.81, Pl.''Lg.''964a, etc.; παρά τι Iamb. ''Myst.''3.30: c. gen., [[differing from]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 61d, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[several]], [[various]], κατὰ τὰς δ. ὕλας Phld.''Sign.''24; δ. [[πρόσωπον|πρόσωπα]] ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1033.88 (iv A.D.), cf. ''Ep.Hebr.''9.13.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[ambiguous]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[differing]] or [[disagreeing with]] another, πολλοῖς δ. εἰμι E.''Med.''579; especially in hostile sense, [[at variance with]], Κλεομένεϊ Hdt.5.75; τοῖς οἰκείοις Lys.14.44; [[ἀλλήλοις]], [[ἑαυτοῖς]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 337b, ''Lg.''679b; [[ἀνώμαλος]] καὶ διάφορος πρὸς ἑαυτόν Plu.''Sull.''6: c. gen., <b class="b3">δ. τινος</b> one's [[adversary]], D.29.15, cf. Antiph.209.1, Philem.162.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[excellent]], [[distinguished]], [[remarkable]], Antiph.175.3; δ. γλυκύτητι D.S.2.57; πρὸς ἀρετήν Plu.''Cleom.''16: Comp., [[ὄνομα]] ''Ep.Hebr.''1.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[making a difference to one]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> in good sense, [[advantageous]], [[profitable]], [[important]], δ. ἑτέρου μᾶλλον Th.4.3; πρὸς [[σωτηρία]]ν Pl.''Lg.''779b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> rarely in bad sense, [[disagreeable]], <b class="b3">γείτονα γείτονι μηδὲν ποιεῖν δ.</b> ib. 843c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[διάφορον]], τό,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[difference]], σμικρόν τι τὸ διάφορον εὕροι τις ἄν Hdt.2.7; <b class="b3">διάφορα πολλὰ θεῶν βροτοῖσιν εἰσορῶ</b> = I [[see]] many [[difference]]s between [[god]]s and [[men]], E.''Supp.''612 (lyr.); <b class="b3">μέγα τὸ διάφορον ἐστι</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[διαφέρον]]) Hp.''Art.''14; ἆρα μικρὰ τὰ διάφορα ἑκατέροις τῆς οὑσίας; Is.11.47; ἡλίκα γ' ἐστὶν τὰ διάφορ' ἐνθάδ' ἢ ἐκεῖ πολεμεῖν D.1.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[what concerns one]], <b class="b3">τῶν ἡμῖν ἐς τὰ μέγιστα διαφόρων</b> [[matter]]s of the [[great]]est [[concern]] to us, Th.4.87; τηλικούτων ὄντων αὐτῷ τῶν δ. D.19.68, cf. Arist.''Oec.''1352b2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[difference]], [[disagreement]], <b class="b3">ἕνεκα τῶν αὐτοῖς ἰδίᾳ δ.</b> on [[account]] of their [[private]] [[difference]]s, Th.1.68, cf. 2.37; τὸ Ἀθηναίων [[διάφορον]] = [[difference]] [[with]] the [[Athenian]]s, Id.2.27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in reference to [[money]]-[[matter]]s, [[difference]], [[balance]], Hyp.''Eux.''17, cf. Epict.''Ench.''25.4; [[expenditure]], Arist.''VV''1251b10; ἡ [[μικρολογία]] ἐστὶ [[φειδωλία]] τοῦ διαφόρου [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''10.1: in plural, [[expense]]s, D.32.18, ''IG''5(1).1390.45 (Andania, i B.C.); [[loss]]es, ''OGI''90.30 (ii B.C.), Wilcken''Chr.''11 ''B''8 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ready money]], [[cash]], [[χρεία]]ς γενομένης ἀναγκαίας τῷ δήμῳ διαφόρου ''IG''12(7).388.7 (Amorgos); [[sum of money]], ''PSI''4.330.8 (iii B.C.), ''UPZ''3.7 (ii B.C.), Plb.4.18.8, ''IG''12(5).653.56 (Syros, i B.C.), etc.: pl., Plb.31.27.13, ''CIG''2695 (Iasus); [[interest]], ἐπὶ διαφόρῳ [[ἡμιολία|ἡμιολίας]] ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1040.8 (iii A.D.); [[price]], Luc.''Herm.''81, D.L.6.9.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[expenses of carriage]], PAmh.2.69.12 (ii A.D.), ''PFay.''86a11 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[διαφόρως]] = [[with a difference]], τοῖς παροῦσιν ἤθεσι δ. [[πολιτεύειν]] Th.6.18, cf. Pl.''Ion''531b: c. gen., δ. τῶν λοιπῶν δένδρων ''Gp.''10.37.1; [[in a variety of ways]], Phld.''D.''3.9: Comp. [[διαφορώτερον]] Id.''Mus.''p.109K.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[διαφόρως ἔχειν]] = [[differ]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 25e, etc.; [[διαφόρως ἔχειν]] τινί = to [[differ with]].., D.33.18.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[pre-eminently]], [[πρᾶος]] καὶ [[φιλάνθρωπος]] τῶν ἄλλων δ. ὤν Id.24.196, cf. J.''BJ''2.8.9 (Sup.); δ. συναρέσκει Men.''Epit.''333, cf. ''Pk.''72; [[excellently]], [[with distinction]], [[ἀγωνίσασθαι]] Sosyl.p.30B.; δ. [[ἀπειργασμένος]] Plb.13.7.2: Comp. διαφορώτερον [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]