diversitas
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dīversĭtas: ātis, f. diversus (postAug.; cf.: differentia, discrepantia, discrimen, varietas, variatio).
I (Acc. to diversus, I. B.) Contrariety, contradiction, disagreement: mira diversitate naturae, Tac. G. 15: inter exercitum imperatoremque, id. H. 1, 62; cf. auctorum. Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; Suet. Calig. 8: inter medicos, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 42. —
II (Acc. to diversus, II.) Diversity, difference: tanta per omnes gentes nationesque linguae, Quint. 11, 3, 87: ciborum, id. 1, 12, 5: multiplex personarum, causarum, etc., id. 10, 15, 10: ingeniorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 30 fin.: consiliorum, Tac. H. 4, 76 et saep.: inter unciam et digitum, Front. Aquaed. 24 et saep.—In plur., Flor. 3, 10, 6.—
III Concr., a variety: lignorum, Vulg. Exod. 31, 5.
