A.active, alive, twice in Hom., “οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ οὗτος ἀνὴρ διερὸς βροτός” Od.6.201, cf. Aristarch. ad loc. (but perh. for δϝι^-ερός, 'to be feared'); διερῷ ποδί with nimble foot, 9.43; “διερῇ φλογί” AP7.123 (Diog. Laert.).
II. after Hom., wet, liquid, ὕδατι διερόν cj. in Pi.Fr.107.14; “αἷμα τὸ δ.” A.Eu.263; τὸ δ., opp. ξηρόν, Anaxag. 4, 12; of the air, opp. λαμπρός, v. l. in Hp.Aër.15; of birds, which float through the air, Ar.Nu.337; δ. μέλεα, of the nightingale's notes, dub. l. in Id.Av.213; “δ. καὶ βαρεῖα γῆ” Thphr.CP3.23.2; “δ. φῦκος” Ph. Bel.99.24; “τοῦ δ. παγέντος” Alciphr.1.23; δ. κέλευθος, of the sea, A.R.1.184; πώγων δ. [ὀστρέου] AP9.86 (Antiphil.); “διερὰς χαίτας εὐώδεας” Orph.Fr.142; δ. μόρος death by drowning, Opp.H.5.345; δ. πῦρ the watery star, i. e. the constellation Eridanus, Nonn.D.23.301. (Prop., acc. to Arist.GC330a16 διερὸν μέν ἐστι τὸ ἔχον ἀλλοτρίαν ὑγρότητα ἐπιπολῆς, opp. βεβρεγμένον (soaked through), but cf. “σπόγγος ὄξει διερός” Dsc.Eup.1.141; διερά, = σεσηπότα, Hsch.) (In signf. 1, perh. cogn. with δίεμαι (but not with βίος): in signf. 11, prob. connected with διαίνω.）
