A.“διοίσω” S.OT321, “διοίσομαι” h.Merc.255, etc.: aor. 1 διήνεγκα, Ion. διήνεικα: aor. 2 διήνεγκον:—carry over or across, “δ. ναῦς τὸν Ἰσθμόν” Th.8.8; carry from one to another, “διαφέρεις κηρύγματα” E.Supp.382; [“τὸ ἤλεκτρον] διαφέρεται εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας” Arist. Mir.836b6: metaph., γλῶσσαν διοίσει will put the tongue in motion, will speak, S.Tr.323 codd.
2. of Time, δ. τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν βίον, go through life, Hdt.3.40, E.Hel.[10]; “νύκτα” Id.Rh.600: abs., ἄπαις διοίσει ib.982:—Med., live, continue, “ὑγιηροὶ τἄλλα διαφέρονται” Hp. Art.56; σοῦ διοίσεται μόνος will pass his life apart from thee, S.Aj. 511; “σκοπούμενος διοίσει” X.Mem.2.1.24 (cj. Dind. for διέσῃ).
3. bear through, bear to the end, “σκῆπτρα” E.IA1195; γαστρὸς ὄγκον δ., of a woman, Id.Ion15, cf. X.Mem.2.2.5: hence,
4. bear to the end, go through with, “πόλεμον” Hdt.1.25, Th.1.11; but also, bear the burden of war, Id.6.54; endure, support, with an Adv., “ῥᾷστα γὰρ τὸ σόν τε σὺ κἀγὼ διοίσω τοὐμόν” S.OT321; “δ. πότμον δάκρυσι” E.Hipp.1143 (lyr.): abs., of patients in disease, “δ. ἕως τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων ἡμερέων” Hp.Int.40; δ. φθειρόμενος ib.12 (also ἡ νοῦσος δ. ἐννέα ἔτεα ibid.).
II. carry different ways, Ar.Lys.570, etc.; “δ. ἕκαστα εἰς τὰς χώρας τὰς προσηκούσας” X.Oec.9.8; toss about, “ὅπλισμα . . διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα” E.Supp.715; δ. τὰς κόρας to turn the eyes about, Id.Ba. 1087. Or. 1261 (lyr.):—Pass., to be drawn apart, disrupted, opp. συμφέρεσθαι, Heraclit.10, Pl.Sph.242e, Epicur.Nat.908.2; to be tossed about, dub. in Str.3.2.5; “δ. ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ” Act.Ap.27.27, cf. Plu.Galb.26.
2. δ. τινά spread his fame abroad, Pi.P.11.60; “εἰς ἅπαντας τὴν ἐκείνου μνήμην δ.” D.61.46:—Pass., “φήμη διηνέχθη” Plu.2.163c.
3. tear asunder, E.Ba.754; disjoin, Arist.Po.1451a34 (Pass.): metaph., distract, “τὰς ψυχὰς φροντίσιν” Plu.2.133d, cf. 97f（Pass.), D.Chr.32.46 (Pass.).
4. δ. τὴν ψῆφον give one's vote a different way, i.e. against another, Hdt.4.138, etc.; but also, give each man his vote, E.Or.49, Th.4.74, X.Smp.5.8.
8. excel, “ἀρετῇ τοὺς ἄλλους” D.S.11.67, cf. 2.5; “καλλιτεκνίᾳ πάσας γυναῖκας” Stud.Pont.3.123 (Amasia).
III. intr., differ, “φυᾷ δ.” Pi.N.7.54; ἆρ᾽ οἱ τεκόντες διαφέρουσιν ἢ τροφαί; is it one's parents or nurture that make the difference? E.Hec.599: c. gen., to be different from, Id.Or.251, Th.5.86, etc.; “οὐδὲν διοίσεις Χαιρεφῶντος τὴν φύσιν” Ar.Nu.503, cf. Pl.Prt.329d; “τὸ δ᾽ . . ἀφανίζειν ἱερὰ ἔσθ᾽ ὅτι τοῦ κόπτειν διαφέρει;” D.21.147; “δ. τὰς μορφάς” Arist.HA 497b15; δ. εἴς τι, ἔν τινι, X.Hier.1.2,7; “παρὰ τὴν Βεβρυκίαν” App.Mith. 1; “καθ᾽ ὑπεροχὴν καὶ ἕλλειψιν” Arist.HA486a22; “κατὰ τὴν θέσιν” Id.Mete.341b24; “πρός τι” Id.HA505a21; “τίνι δ. τὰ ἄρρενα τῶν θηλειῶν . . θεωρείσθω” Id.PA684b3: c. inf., “μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὑχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι δ.” Luc.Alex.15: with Art., τρεῖς μόναι ψῆφοι διήνεγκαν τὸ μὴ θανάτου τιμῆσαι three votes made the difference (i.e. majority) against capital punishment, D.23.167; also διαφέρει τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ἔργου makes a difference equal to half the effort expended, X.Oec.20.17.
2. impers., διαφέρει it makes a difference, “πλεῖστον δ.” Hp.Aph.5.22; “βραχὺ δ. τοῖς θανοῦσιν εἰ . .” E.Tr.1248, etc.; οὐδὲν δ. it makes no odds, Pl.Phd.89c, cf. Men.Epit.193; “σμικρὸν οἴει διαφέρειν;” Pl.R. 467c: c. dat. pers., δ. μοι it makes a difference to me, Antipho 5.13, Pl.Prt.316b, etc.; ἰδίᾳ τι αὐτῷ δ. he has some private interest at stake, Th.3.42; εἰ ὑμῖν μή τι δ. if you see no objection, Pl.La.187d; “τί δέ σοι τοῦτο δ. εἴτε . . εἴτε μή;” Id.R.349a, cf. Grg.497b, etc.: c. inf., “οὐδέ τί οἱ διέφερεν ἀποθανεῖν” Hdt.1.85: with personal constr., “πράγματά τινι διαφέροντα” Plu.Caes.65; to be of importance, πρός or εἴς τι, Gal.15.420,428; “τῷ ζῴῳ” Id.UP9.5.
3. “τὸ δ.” the difference, the odds, Pl.Phlb.45d; = τὸ συμφέρον Antiph.31; “περὶ μεγίστων δὴ τῶν -όντων βουλεύεσθαι” Th.6.92, cf. Lys.31.5, Is.4.12; τὰ ἀναγκαιότερα τῷ ταμιείῳ δ. vital interests, PThead.15.17 (iii A.D.); τὸ δ. μέρος τῶν ἀποφάσεων the essential part, POxy.1204.11 (iii A.D.); τὰ δ. vital matters, Ep.Rom.2.18; “ἐπιστάμενος τὰ δ. παραβαίνειν τολμᾷ” And. 3.19 (but τὰ δ. also simply, points of difference, in character and the like , Th.1.70, etc.).
4. to be different from a person: generally, in point of excess, surpass, excel him (cf. supr. 11.8), τινός v.l. for -όντως in Th.3.39; τινί in a thing, Id.2.39, Alex.36.6; “ἔν τινι” Isoc.3.39; “εἴς τι” Pl.Ap.35b; “κατὰ μέγεθος” X.Lac.1.10; “πρός τι” Aeschin.1.181: c. inf., “δ. τινὸς μεταβιβάζειν τινά” Pl.Grg.517b: sts. folld. by ἤ, πολὺ διέφερεν ἀλέξασθαι ἤ . . it was far better . . than . ., X.An.3.4.33, cf. Mem.3.11.14, Vect.4.25 (where it means to differ in point of diminution); also “δ. μέγα τι παρὰ τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις” Plb.10.27.5: abs., excel, “ἐπί τινι” Isoc.10.12; “τάχει” Jul.Or.2.53c; “οἱ τόποι διαφέρουσι” Thphr.CP5.14.9; “διαφέρον τι πεπραχέναι” a remarkable achievement, Plb.6.39.2.
7. come between, intervene, “ὁ διαφέρων χρόνος” Antipho 5.94.
8. belong to, τινί, as property, Ph.1.207, PLond. 3.940.23 (iii A.D.); of persons, belong to a household, PStrassb.26.5 (iv A.D.); “οἱ -φέροντες” kinsfolk, Annuario 4/5.476 (Bargylia); appertain to, “τῇ ὠνῇ” BGU1062.21 (iii A.D.); τὰ εἰς τοῦτο -φέροντα πράγματα Mitteis Chr.372v3 (ii A.D.).
IV. Med. and Pass., be at variance, quarrel, “τινί” Heraclit.72, cf. Amphis32, etc.; “περί τινος” Hdt.1.173, Pl.Euthphr.7b; δ. ἀλλήλοις differ with, ibid., cf. Antipho 5.42; “τινὶ περί τινος” Th.5.31, cf. X.Oec.17.4; “πρὸς ἀλλήλους” Lys.18.17, cf. Hyp.Oxy.1607 Fr.1 iii 60, etc.; “τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους” Supp.Epigr. 1.363.5 (Samos, iii B.C.); “ἀμφί τινος” X.An.4.5.17; “διενεχθέντας γνώμῃ” Hdt.7.220; δ. ὡς . . maintain on the contrary that . ., D.56.46; οὐ διαφέρομαι, = οὔ μοι διαφέρει, Id.9.8; μηδὲν διὰ τοῦτο διαφέρου let there be no dispute on this ground, Lys.10.17; οἱ -φερόμενοι the litigants, SIG685.29 (Crete, ii B.C.).—Not in Ep.
