division

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

in mathematics: P. σχίσις, ἡ (Plato).

act of dividing: P. and V. διαίρεσις, ἡ.

separation: P. χωρισμός, ὁ.

cutting: P. τομή, ἡ.

disunion: P. and V. στάσις, ἡ.

distribution: P. νομή, ἡ, διανομή, ἡ.

voting: P. χειροτονία, ἡ.

part separated: P. and V. μέρος, τό, μοῖρα, ἡ, μερίς, ἡ, P. μόριον, τό.

division of an army: P. and V. λόχος, ὁ, τάξις, ἡ, P. τέλος, τό, V. φῦλον, τό (Euripides, Supplices 653).

of a fleet: P. τέλος, τό, V. τάξις, ἡ.

making three divisions of their ships: P. τρία τέλη ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν (Thuc. 1, 48).

commander of a division: P. and V. λοχαγός, ὁ.